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What It Is Like To Be A Black Police Officer, Pt.2

3:37pm June 19, 2020

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Isaiah McKinnon, Cheryl Dorsey and Vincent Montague, three police officers of different generations, about what changes they envision for the law enforcement.

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The History And Legacy Of Tulsa Race Massacre

3:37pm June 19, 2020

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Jim Goodwin, the Oklahoma Eagle publisher, about the legacy of the Tulsa Race Massacre and the state of race relations today.

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Celebrating Juneteenth: A Reading Of The Emancipation Proclamation

2:37pm June 19, 2020

On this Juneteenth, NPR is marking the day in 1865 when Union forces arrived in Texas with the news that slavery had been abolished two years earlier with a reading of the Emancipation Proclamation.

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Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., asks questions during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on police brutality and racial profiling. The former Orlando police chief is a potential running mate for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.

Politics & Government

Val Demings Is A Possible VP Pick For Biden, But Her Police Career Gives Some Pause

12:56pm June 19, 2020

by Greg Allen

The Florida congresswoman was Orlando's first female police chief. And now she's outspoken on the need for police reform and her support of ongoing protests.

What Is Juneteenth? Historians Explain The Holiday's Importance

6:55am June 19, 2020

When President Trump initially planned a rally in Tulsa, Okla., on June 19, some Americans were outraged. NPR's Noel King speaks with two historians about the significance of that day and city.

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DACA Advocate On Next Steps After Supreme Court Ruling

5:03am June 19, 2020

DACA recipients and advocates are celebrating the Supreme Court ruling to halt President Trump's bid to end the DACA program. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Cristina Jimenez of United We Dream.

Police Fines Fund City Budgets, But At A Cost

5:03am June 19, 2020

NPR's daily economics podcast The Indicator from Planet Money investigates how the fees and fines that make up city budgets disproportionately target low-income communities and communities of color.

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The Carl B. Stokes Federal Courthouse in Cleveland is pictured in October 2019. The White House is preparing to fill vacancies on the U.S. Sentencing Commission, and the potential candidates are concerning advocates of prison reform.

Politics & Government

Concerns Mount Over Possible Trump Picks For Influential Crime Panel

5:00am June 19, 2020

by Carrie Johnson

Advocates are concerned the nominees being floated for the Sentencing Commission could adopt more punitive approaches, despite nationwide calls for justice and police reform.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., attends a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on police use of force earlier this week.

Politics & Government

Klobuchar Withdraws From VP Consideration, Says Biden Should Pick A Woman Of Color

10:56pm June 18, 2020

by Amita Kelly

"If you want to heal this nation right now," Sen. Amy Klobuchar said Thursday night, "this is sure a hell of way to do it."

Devin Brosnan leaves the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta on Thursday after turning himself in. Authorities have charged Brosnan with four counts, including aggravated assault, in the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks.

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Officers Charged In Rayshard Brooks' Death Turn Themselves In

5:40pm June 18, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

Garrett Rolfe and Devin Brosnan surrender to authorities one day after prosecutors unveiled the charges against them. Rolfe faces the possibility of execution or life in prison without parole.