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The Department of Education has collected, but has not yet released, data from the 2017-2018 school year that will likely show the disproportionate impact of school policing on students with disabilities and students of color.

However, it was the modern-day lynching of George Floyd, broadcast across America, that sparked the current movement that led to the decision about the Mississippi flag.

The activist, educator, and writer joined At Liberty to discuss what makes this moment different, and how to compel real change.

Today’s attacks on abortion access have a long history rooted in white supremacy.

Real justice and safety for Black communities will require a complete overhaul of the prosecutor-police relationship.

It is now more urgent than ever for our lawmakers to stop law enforcement use of face recognition technology.

The Black community is not inherently vulnerable to COVID-19. We’ve been made vulnerable through decades of unequal access to health care. We are made vulnerable every time a doctor or other health care provider dismisses us because they don’t believe our symptoms.

For years, Black activists and organizations like the Movement for Black Lives have been calling for the reckoning we now see in the streets, and we have a responsibility as a nation to meet their call.

Sex workers aren’t always a part of the conversation about police brutality, but they should be. Police regularly target, harass, and assault sex workers or people they think are sex workers, such as trans women of color.