D.C. is on track to match last year's record-high number of traffic deaths, and the city can immediately improve the outlook for victims by bringing auto insurance coverage up to modern times.

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Marian Wright Edelman of the Children's Defense Fund is urging voters to consider the needs of the next generation when casting their votes in the upcoming election, emphasizing the importance of making decisions that will ensure hope and a future for the next seven generations.

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Montgomery County in Texas has reclassified a book about the Wampanoag tribe as fiction, causing outrage among Native American children and library professionals, who argue that the move is an attack on their stories and history.

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Former President Barack Obama and Vice President Kamala Harris have unveiled economic agendas aimed at creating opportunity for Black men, while Donald Trump has claimed immigrants are taking Black jobs and has touted his support for opportunity zones and funding for HBCUs.

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Black women in politics are being targeted by disinformation campaigns, and it is important to hold social media platforms and elected officials accountable for the spread of falsehoods, as well as to educate ourselves and our networks to counter misinformation.

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The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a review of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, a heinous act of racial terrorism, to bring some measure of justice for the descendants of the victims and to confront the legacy of racial terrorism and the enduring economic scars Black Americans bear.

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E. Faye Williams criticizes J.D. Vance and Donald Trump for lying and enriching themselves while serving in the U.S. Senate and White House, and urges voters to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz in the 2024 election.

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A woman on a train ride from San Diego to Los Angeles had a conversation with a stranger about inflation, during which she revealed that she plans to vote for Trump because she believes he can handle inflation better than the vice president, who she believes is a communist.

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The Quapaw Nation is leading the cleanup efforts of the Tar Creek Superfund site, which was once a major source of lead and zinc for American bullets and shells, and is now a source of environmental damage and lead poisoning for the local community.

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Congressman John Lewis's words about the importance of the right to vote have inspired Congressman Al Green to work to reinstate and modernize the Voting Rights Act, while Ted Cruz seeks to restrict voting rights and falsely claims widespread voter fraud.

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