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Details: Written by Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia; Published: 24 June 2020

Democratic Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Washington)

In a letter sent this week to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, senators reveal that the Trump administration has “still failed” to distribute more than $8 billion out of $25 billion appropriated by Congress to expand testing and contact tracing.

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 23 June 2020

(photo courtesy Black Future Co-op Fund/Seattle Foundation website)

New fund will invest in housing, health, education and more across the Black community in Washington state

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 23 June 2020

U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-CA)

Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) on Tuesday slammed Senate Republicans on their empty proposal to address police brutality, calling it an “attempt to obstruct real progress and real justice.”

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 22 June 2020

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum

In 2019, the Oregon legislature passed Senate Bill 577, which updated Oregon’s hate and bias crimes law for the first time in over 20 years.

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 22 June 2020

The discussion will be on the global public health crisis, protests and incidents of hate crimes, which have laid bare the disparities and systemic racism present in the US

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 19 June 2020

The complaint highlights the lack of action to protect thousands of African Americans from tobacco-related deaths

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 19 June 2020

Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.) is one of four senators to introduce legistlation to make Juneteenth a federal holiday.

Juneteenth currently is recognized by 46 states and the District of Columbia as an official state holiday or observance.

Reparations

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 18 June 2020

National Commission Seeks to Advance Demand for Reparations and HR-40

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 18 June 2020

Local events go virtual, while some smaller groups gather with social distance

Facial recognition

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 17 June 2020

In this photo taken Tuesday, May 7, 2019, is a security camera in the Financial District of San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

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