driving while black Why Philly Wants to End Police Traffic Stops for Minor Offenses Philadelphia police disproportionately pull over Black drivers for minor offenses like a broken taillight, but those stops don’t do much to reduce violent crime – a gun or drugs are found about 1% of the time. Under the Driving Equality Bill that recently passed City Council, drivers would get a ticket in the mail for those minor violations –...
ahmaud arbery Jury Selection Begins in Trial for Ahmaud Arbery's Murder Warning: this clip contains video of the encounter that killed Ahmaud Arbery. Attorneys in the trial of Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael and William Bryan will have to ask whether jurors have already seen the viral video of the men fighting Arbery before he was killed. Ronald Carlson, law professor at the University of Georgia, says people who have seen the...
Military Remembering Colin Powell, a Black Military Trailblazer The late Colin Powell was the first Black Secretary of State and deeply studied African American military history, says Brandeis University’s Chad Williams. “We need to remember him as part of that tradition. A tradition that is rife with struggle, with pain, with institutionalized racism, but also with heroic achievement and accomplishment,” Williams said.
labor laws Everything You Need to Know About ‘Striketober' “We have huge favorability numbers [for unions]…so that’s also an indication of the pulse of society, that everyone’s sick and tired of watching workers getting abused during the pandemic.”...Jane McAlevey of the UC Berkeley Labor Center talks about recent labor strikes at Kellogg’s, John Deere and the IATSE film and TV union, where workers are fighting for a weekend. The...
ron desantis Gov. Ron DeSantis May Not Like His Predecessor, But He's Using His Campaign Blueprint Just like Gov. Rick Scott before him, Florida Gov. DeSantis would rather focus on the president than the Democratic challengers gunning for his job.
Refugees Afghan Refugees Come to the U.S. With a Suitcase and a Dream. Then What? Imagine fleeing your home with nothing but your family and a suitcase for a strange country where you don’t know the language or the culture. This is the reality for the Afghan refugees who fled the Taliban in the final days of U.S. occupation. NBCLX storyteller Clark Fouraker explains what happens next.
Campaign finance Investigation Requested Into Congressman's Luxury Travel Following NBCLX Report Watchdog wants Republican Rep. Mike Kelly, who spent over $100,000 on high-end “fundraising” travel since 2019, investigated, along with Democrats Seth Moulton and Gwen Moore
prisons Deaths at Rikers Island Renew Calls to Shut it Down “They didn’t know what to do with us,” says Jermaine Archer, who caught COVID while incarcerated at Rikers Island. The New York City jail holds people pretrial and has faced criticism for deaths and crowded conditions. NBC New York’s Kay Angrum was live outside after 2 counter-protesting groups spoke on behalf of corrections workers and the incarcerated.
lxplanation What is Planned Parenthood v. Casey? The 1992 Case That Changed Roe States and the Department of Justice are waging court battles over the right to abortion that the Supreme Court outlined in Roe v. Wade. But in 1992, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, a key case that was less widely known, paved the way for some abortion restrictions – as long as they didn’t meet the definition of an “undue burden.”...
Haiti She Left Haiti in the ‘80s — and Is Waiting for the Country to Have ‘A Success Story' Florida state rep. Marie Woodson (D-101), a native of Haiti, talks about emigrating to the U.S. and what she sees in the future of her home country.
