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North Carolina town hall caught off guard by angry backlash to proposed mask mandate
A tiny notice in a small-town newspaper about a meeting to enact a local mask mandate resulted in more than 100 angry citizens packed into the town hall
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Who is Andre Taylor, Seattle’s new $150K-a-year ‘street czar’?
Andrè Taylor made national headlines when he was hired as Seattle, Washington's new $150,000-a-year "street czar" and community liaison
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Asheville, NC Approves Reparations for Black People in Historic Vote
The city of Asheville, North Carolina becomes the first city in America to approve reparations for the descendants
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NY City Council Votes to Cut $1 Billion From Police Budget
The New York City Council voted overnight to slash $1 billion from the NYPD's spending budget
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Minneapolis City Council President Defends Dismantling Police Dept; Says Fears of Someone Breaking Into Your House ‘Comes from a Place of Privilege’
Minneapolis City Council president Lisa Bender defended the City Council's decision to dismantle the police department in the aftermath of the murder of a 46-year-old Black man in police custody
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Minneapolis City Council Votes to Ban Police Choke Holds
The Minneapolis City Council is holding an emergency meeting to "dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department and replace it with a transformative new model of public safety