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As United States’ share of global military spending reaches 39%, 38 organizations call for cuts to spending
(April 26, 2021)
Sen. Sanders, other lawmakers join groups delivering 2 million petitions to persuade Biden to reverse blockage of COVID-19 WTO waiver
(April 22, 2021)
Despite Chauvin conviction, trauma of police violence continues
(April 20, 2021)
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AFSC in the news
Jan 18, 2021
(Common Dreams)
"In 1967, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King called out the giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism. In 2021, his words are no less relevant."
Jan 18, 2021
(NHPR)
A special call-in show in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day as we talk with Black activists and civil rights historians about recent events and what wisdom and lessons they take from King's life.
Jan 17, 2021
(Philadelphia Inquirer)
As we move into a new administration, advocates look to undo Trump's legacy.
Jan 13, 2021
(ABC13)
4,055 people incarcerated in the state have COVID-19.
Jan 12, 2021
(San Diego Union Tribune)
AFSC's Pedro Rios responds to the Jan. 6 attacks on the U.S. Capitol.
Jan 9, 2021
(US News)
Youth program coordinator for the American Friends Service Committee recieves a Young Leader award in West Virginia.
Jan 8, 2021
(AZ Mirror)
The new legislature brings new opportunities for a criminal justice reform movement that’s stalled out at the Capitol over the past couple years — and perhaps some new obstacles, as well.
Jan 7, 2021
(North Jersey)
A Bergen County lawmaker has introduced legislation to ban the state and counties from contracting with federal officials to hold immigrant detainees, though it would allow controversial deals at the Bergen, Essex and Hudson jails to continue.
Jan 6, 2021
(Concord Monitor)
Somehow, the New Hampshire Legislature begins the 2021 legislative session on Jan. 6, but not without controversy concerning the convening of the House of Representatives. The governor is sworn in on Jan. 7. And on Jan. 20, our nation will inaugurate a new president.
Jan 6, 2021
(Governing)
The state’s regional jails have had more than 800 inmates test positive for COVID-19, due in part to over capacity by 1,300 inmates, making virus control extremely difficult.
Jan 6, 2021
(HJ News)
Quick highlights from the journalist history of Franklin County over the past 100 years Taken from the newspaper archives of the Franklin County Citizen and Preston Citizen.
Jan 6, 2021
(KPBS)
Since the start of the Trump administration, new border wall and border wall replacements have stretched across San Diego County. All the while, local Democratic politicians have criticized the border wall, saying it doesn’t keep people safe, and pushes people determined to cross the border to do so in dangerous and isolated areas
Jan 5, 2021
(Charleston Gazette-Mail)
Since Dec. 1, there have been COVID-19 outbreaks in five of West Virginia’s regional jails and at least four correctional centers.
Jan 4, 2021
(Patch.com)
In this opinion column, activists say these not-normal times require lawmakers to work to protect residents, provide living wage jobs, more.
Jan 4, 2021
(Fox2Now)
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — The number of people expelled from the United States in 2020 ended with an upswing, according to statistics from the National Immigration Institute in Mexico.
Jan 4, 2021
(Patch.com)
The editorial focuses on the COVID-19 pandemic and policy-maker transitions of 2021.
Jan 4, 2021
(Fox 2 Now)
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — The number of people expelled from the United States in 2020 ended with an upswing, according to statistics from the National Immigration Institute in Mexico.
Jan 4, 2021
(West Virginia Gazette Mail)
Long before COVID-19 had become a household word, almost a year before it began to wreak havoc on an already vulnerable population in Harrison County, Marissa Rexroad, then the associate director of the local homeless shelter, created a county-wide task force to study the area’s burgeoning problem of homelessness.
Jan 4, 2021
(KJZZ.org)
Despite having the lowest population in years, the Arizona Department of Corrections is seeking more private prison beds for inmates in state prisons.
Jan 4, 2021
(KJZZ.org)
Despite having the lowest population in years, the Arizona Department of Corrections is seeking more private prison beds for inmates in state prisons.
Jan 3, 2021
(CBS 46)
It’s an eye-opening view. A sea of white flags took over Piedmont Park – 10,000 to be exact – honoring the lives of each Georgian lost to COVID-19.
Jan 2, 2021
(The Courier)
WATERLOO — As the Tyson plant in Waterloo faced staggering COVID-19 infection rates amid allegations of manager misconduct and worker complaints about inadequate safety protections, there was one voice missing from the outcry.
Jan 1, 2021
(Places Magazine)
At E. 38th Street and Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis, a self-organizing network explores what it means to construct and to maintain a space for public memory and collective action.
Jan 1, 2021
(StarTribune)
Minneapolis police release body camera footage of man shot, killed after exchanging gunfire with police
Jan 1, 2021
(Napa Valley Register)
In September 1922, in the land of Troy, arrived a non-romantic “Helen.” Sailing across the Mediterranean by “tramp” steamer, American Dr. Esther Pohl Lovejoy, M.D., landed ashore in a fishing launch, as the “fair-haired” savior of many stranded refugee Armenians and Greeks in Asia Minor, who faced war, disease, and poverty.
