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Save this story for later. In his address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, President Biden called on legislators to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, saying, “We have to come together to rebuild trust between law enforcement and the people they serve, to root out systemic racism in our criminal-justice system.” Sign up for Classics, a twice-weekly newsletter featuring notable pieces from the past. This week, in the aftermath of the Derek Chauvin verdict, in Minneapolis, we’re bringing you a selection of pieces about the history of race and policing in A...

Detained Americans Fast Facts KION Currently Detained Americans Kai Li September 2016 – Kai Li, a naturalised US citizen born in China, is detained while visiting relatives in Shanghai. July 2018 – He is sentenced to ten years in prison for espionage following a secret trial held in August 2017. Baquer and Siamak Namazi October 2015 – Siamak Namazi, a Dubai-based businessman with dual US and Iranian citizenship, is detained while visiting relatives in Tehran. February 2016 – Baquer Namazi, a former UNICEF official and father of Siamak Namazi, is also detained, his wife Effie Namazi s...

Detained Americans Fast Facts Currently Detained Americans Kai Li September 2016 – Kai Li, a naturalised US citizen born in China, is detained while visiting relatives in Shanghai. July 2018 – He is sentenced to ten years in prison for espionage following a secret trial held in August 2017. Baquer and Siamak Namazi October 2015 – Siamak Namazi, a Dubai-based businessman with dual US and Iranian citizenship, is detained while visiting relatives in Tehran. February 2016 – Baquer Namazi, a former UNICEF official and father of Siamak Namazi, is also detained, his wife Effie Namazi says o...

The next several days will be filled with postmortems about the "shocker" among pro-Trump Latinos in Florida@realcpaz called it last week: https://t.co/yo2uOea6Cn — John Hendrickson (@JohnGHendy) November 4, 2020 Yglesias/Vox on topic BEFORE the election   Some of us were writing about Trump’s resilience with Hispanic voters back in early July, without even the benefit of speaking to any real voters. https://t.co/d4K865LZ3n — Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) November 5, 2020   Still the best opinion piece that explains rising nonwhite support for Trump. Left of center analysts often...

Guest Commentary On Tuesday, President Biden called for an end to the use of private prisons in the Department of Justice. I’m glad to hear we’re taking this step as a country because it’s heinous that people profit off of incarceration. But this is also a good time to highlight the growth of privatization across the policing and prison industrial complex, which will not be impacted by this executive order. Here in Saranac Lake, for example, the village has hired Lexipol, a private firm that has repeatedly come under scrutiny for its use-of-force policies following officer-involved s...