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Feb 25, 2021 A Donald Trump supporter protests on the steps of the Georgia State Capitol on Nov. 7 after it was announced that Joe Biden had won the presidential election.Riley Bunch ATLANTA — After historic turnout in both the general election and Jan. 5 Senate runoffs, Republican state lawmakers are pushing a flood of restrictive voting bills citing public “perception” that the elections were riddled with fraud. GOP lawmakers have introduced dozens of bills that target absentee ballot voting after the increased use of mail-in ballots during the pandemic helped Democrats gr...

Berkeley man arrested on suspicion of making death threats online against Asian community FacebookTwitterEmail File photo of police car lights.Jacom Stephens / Getty Image A Berkeley man accused of making death threats against the Asian community on social media ahead of the Lunar New Year was arrested on an outstanding warrant for gun charges Monday. He now faces hate-crime charges, according to authorities. Oakland police said they received tips from local news outlets on Feb. 11 about “troubling statements” made online by Reginald Jackson, 24, toward the Asian community. The flagged so...

Ex-Gang Member Threatens To Kill Asians on Social Media, Arrested by Police On 2/24/21 at 7:32 AM EST A former gang member from Berkeley, California, has reportedly been arrested over hate crimes after posting threatening messages about Asians online. The Oakland Police Department said a Berkeley man was taken into custody after "social media partners" alerted them to "disturbing messages" directed at Asian communities online. Reginald Jackson, who police flagged as a gang member in previous investigations, shared a series of now-deleted and private posts on Twitter and Instagram that include...

Themes of Black feminism and perseverance will take center stage in a new improvisational performance that will premiere as part of the University of Michigan’s winter 2021 Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series season kick-off event on Jan. 22. The work was produced and directed from more than 600 miles away by New York-based performance artist Ayana Evans, who collaborated with U-M Stamps School of Art & Design professor Rebekah Modrak and students in her “Dressing Up and Down” course during the fall 2020 semester. Evans, a Roman J. Witt Visiting Artist at Stamps, is known for her gueril...

Racism, Land & The American Farming Landscape Presenters: Lydia Clemmons, President of Clemmons Family Farm, VT Jarrad Nwameme, Moderator: Meghan Howey, Professor in Anthropology, University of New Hampshire  In 1920, there were 949,889 Black farmers. A century later, according to the 2017 Census of Agriculture, only 35,470 remained. This panel will investigate the contributing factors to this enormous land loss including discriminatory practices, such as the denial of USDA loans. and slow handling of civil rights complaints. Presenters will also share the innovative ways Black New England ...