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2020 Candidate Kamala Harris Targets State Abortion Bans
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2020 Candidate Kamala Harris Targets State Abortion Bans

Juana Summer, The Associated PressMay 30, 2019

The move comes as the issue of abortion moves to the forefront of the presidential campaign. Harris is among the Democratic presidential candidates who have been sharply critical of a new spate of abortion laws that have cleared state legislatures and sharply curb abortion access. Supporters of such measures have openly predicted that the laws could spark court fights that will eventually lead the Supreme Court to revisit the landmark Roe vs. Wade decision.

Senator Schumer: Trump and Barr Threaten African American Gains Under Obamacare
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Senator Schumer: Trump and Barr Threaten African American Gains Under Obamacare

Stacy M. Brown NNPA, Newswire CorrespondentApril 12, 2019

Schumer noted that African American gains under the health care legislation, commonly known as Obamacare, are threatened by Trump and Attorney General William Barr as the Justice Department has argued in federal court that the law is unconstitutional and should be struck down – “Not just vital insurance reforms like protections for individuals with pre-existing conditions, as they had first argued last year,” Schumer said.

Use of the ‘N-Word’ is Far From the Only Measure of Racism
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Use of the ‘N-Word’ is Far From the Only Measure of Racism

Rev. Jesse JacksonAugust 30, 2018

Omarosa Manigault Newman, the president’s former aide, claims there is a tape of him using the vile racial slur. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said she “can’t guarantee” that a tape doesn’t exist. Trump tweeted, “I don’t have that word in my vocabulary.” The press pursued the question as if this would establish for one and for all whether Trump is a racist.

No charges in Alton Sterling’s fatal shooting
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No charges in Alton Sterling’s fatal shooting

Michael Kunzelman & Anthony Izaguirre, Associated PressMarch 27, 2018

Louisiana’s attorney general ruled out criminal charges Tuesday against two white Baton Rouge police officers in the fatal shooting of a black man outside a convenience store.

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US reaches $95.5M settlement in for-profit education case

JOE MANDAK and ERIC TUCKER Associated PressNovember 18, 2015

A Pennsylvania company that enrolls more than 100,000 students at for-profit trade schools and colleges across the U.S. and Canada has agreed to pay $95.5 million to settle claims it illegally paid recruiters and exaggerated the career-placement abilities of its schools. Under deals announced Monday by the Justice Department and state attorneys general, Education Management Corp. also agreed to forgive $102.8 million in loans it made to more than 80,000 former students. “This case not only highlights the abuses in EDMC’s recruitment system; it also highlights the brave actions of EDMC employees who refused to go along with the institution’s