What defunding the NEA would mean for US museumsHelen Stoilas
Defunding the police has been a demand of the Black Lives Matter movement. On Twitter, calls to defund the police increased from near zero between May 25, the day Floyd was killed, to almost 740,000 on June 8, according to data provided to CNBC Make It byListenFirst Media, a social a...
“Defund the Police.” This slogan caught on rapidly among tens of thousands of people protesting police brutality in the United States. But what does it really mean to defund the police? And what if it's not as radical as it sounds? A city budget, a county budget, a state budget, ...
rallying cry during Black Lives Matterprotestsacross the U.S. andaround the worldin the summer of 2020, following the deaths ofGeorge Floyd,Breonna Taylorand others at the hands of police. But in the months since, how has the debate developed, and what does it mean for American communities...
What It Means to Defund the Police If phrase “defund the police” is new to you, hearing it has likely raised some questions: What does “defund the police” really mean? Why not reform? How would we handle crime without police? What about violent crime? And if you’re already on boa...
The federal funding freeze does not apply to student loans and Pell grants, according to the Department of Education. The funding pause "only applies to discretionary grants at the Department of Education," DOE spokesperson Madi Biedermann said in a statement to CBS MoneyWatch. Still, an advoca...
“I think there’s some confusion between defunding the police, disbanding police and police abolition,” he said. Article content The concept of police reform exists on a continuum, according to Voisin, and depends on each community’s notion of public safety. For some, it ...
Net zero remains an organizing principle for private sector leaders, almost all of whom recognize the need to accelerate climate action. The world will need to run two energy systems in parallel, rapidly scaling up the net- zero/low-carbon one . . . . . . while also decarbonizing the ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has said he wants his new education chief, Linda McMahon, to “put herself out of a job” and close the Education Department. McMahon was confirmed by the Senate on Monday, and an executive order to shutter the department could come as soon as...
But it’s becoming a shout. With thedeaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylorat the hands of police andnationwide protests demanding reform, Minneapolis officials announced their intent to defund and disband the city’s police force altogether. Does defunding the police mean disbanding the police?