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George Floyd Videos: Trauma, Race and Mental Health Impact

By Sandee LaMotte It’s been nearly a year since George Floyd was killed, and many additional details of the agonizing moments surrounding his death have been released. Some of the most graphic scenes are from body camera footage from three of the former Minneapolis police officers who have yet to stand trial: Thomas Lane, J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao. They were three of the four officers responding to a call accusing Floyd of using a fake $20 bill at a convenience store. The footage shows two perspectives of the events before and after the nine minutes and 29 seconds

BLM Activist Sasha Johnson in Critical Condition After Shooting

By Jessie Yeung and Maria Fleet British Black Lives Matter activist Sasha Johnson is in critical condition after being shot in the head in London, her political party said on Sunday. “It is with great sadness that we inform you that our own Sasha Johnson has been brutally attacked and sustained a gunshot wound to her head,” the Taking the Initiative Party (TTIP) said in a statement. “She is currently in intensive care and in a critical condition.” The party said the attack happened “following numerous death threats as a result of her activism.” London’s Metropolitan Police responded to reports

Over Half of US Adults Fully Vaccinated Against Covid-19

By Christina Maxouris At least 25 states — plus Washington, DC — have now fully vaccinated at least half of their adults, data published Sunday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows. Those states are Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Virginia, Washington state and Wisconsin. The state with the highest proportion of adults who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 is Maine — with more than 62% of people 18 and over having completed their

Lori Lightfoot Limits Interviews to Journalists of Color

By Nicole Chavez and Kerry Flynn Denouncing the lack of diversity amid Chicago media outlets, Mayor Lori Lightfoot has announced that she will only give journalists of color one-on-one interviews to mark her two-year anniversary as the Windy City’s top bureaucrat. “I ran to break up the status quo that was failing so many. That isn’t just in City Hall,” the mayor tweeted on Wednesday. “It’s a shame that in 2021, the City Hall press corps is overwhelmingly White in a city where more than half of the city identifies as Black, Latino, AAPI or Native American.” The lack of

Policing Crisis and Racial Justice: One Year After George Floyd

Analysis by Brandon Tensley Since George Floyd’s murder last May, the US has engaged in another reckoning with racial caste, examining the enduring menace of police brutality against Black Americans. What change has this perpetual interrogation of anti-Black police violence led to? Over the past year, city and state lawmakers have passed more than 140 police oversight and reform bills designed to address police behavior and accountability. On Capitol Hill, the Democratic-led House in March passed the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act without Republican support. But the bill’s path in the 50-50 Senate, where most pieces of legislation need

US Vaccination Slowdown Raises Concerns Ahead of Summer

By Travis Caldwell For many, a nationwide return to normalcy from the Covid-19 pandemic is expected to accelerate into the summer as more businesses and state governments prepare for a large-scale reopening. Sports stadiums are filling up, mask mandates are being shed, and travel and tourism industries anticipate a rebound with cruise lines planning for passengers once again. Health officials have pointed out, however, that such successes are largely contingent on getting the US fully vaccinated as quickly as possible. And right now, the rate of vaccination is slowing. The average daily pace of coronavirus vaccinations is down almost 50%

Forsyth County Schools DEI Plan Sparks Debate Among Parents

By Jamie Kennedy FORSYTH County, Georgia (WGCL) — Parents, students, and community members packed a Forsyth County Schools board meeting to express concerns and admiration over the district’s decision to adopt a diversity plan. “Your strategic plan called DEI, diversity, equity, and inclusion will fail for one very very specific reason, god is not in it,” said a retired nurse and small business owner in Forsyth County. “Thank you (for the program), I actually have a client who coaches huge organizations on how to include DEI and the importance of it and how it builds teams and cultures,” said Renee,

Parents Struggle as Offices Reopen Amid Child Care Gaps

By Anneken Tappe The great reopening and return to pre-pandemic life is a tale of two timelines — and parents are caught in the middle. Offices are itching to get back to normal thanks to the vaccine rollout, but the rest of the world hasn’t necessarily caught up. Major companies have made clear they’re expecting workers to return to the office this summer. Yet many schools and child care facilities are still partially remote, running shorter hours or fully booked. That means some parents, often mothers, will face a difficult decision about whether they can return to the office —

Advocates Urge Biden to Grant Clemency for Incarcerated Women

By Christina Carrega Miquelle West was 10 when she learned the harsh realities about the criminal justice system as her mother was handed two life sentences plus 50 years in a federal lockup for a conspiracy drugs case that was connected to a murder. “My mom has been in prison since 1992 and she was a first-time offender … I’ve been working my whole life to help my mom get a second opportunity because she shouldn’t have served so many years for a crime that she actually did not commit,” West, now 38, told CNN about her mother Michelle West.

CNN Graduation 2021 Special to Honor Class of 2021

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By Paul LeBlanc CNN will air a star-studded prime-time special on Sunday honoring the class of 2021, as millions of students across the nation graduate following a year shaped by the coronavirus pandemic. “Graduation 2021: A CNN Special Event” will air Sunday, May 23 at 7 p.m. ET on CNN, CNN International and CNN en Español. The special will feature a keynote address from Vice President Kamala Harris along with musical performances from Portugal. The Man, Andy Grammer, Lukas Graham and EARCANDY. Students from the Duke Ellington School of Arts in Washington, DC, and the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School

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