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August 3, 2016: Stop Policing Communities Where Only Color Matters

1. Dudek, Mitch. “Body cam on cop who fired fatal shot was not recording.” Chicago Sun Times. August 1, 2016. http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/a-first-in-chicago-cops-body-cams-capture-fatal-police-shooting/, retrieved August 3, 2016.

2. “Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch Delivers Remarks at Memorial Service Honoring Fallen Law Enforcement Officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.” The United States Department of Justice. July 28, 2016. https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/attorney-general-loretta-e-lynch-delivers-remarks-memorial-service-honoring-fallen-law, retrieved July 31, 2016.

3. “Police Use of Excessive Force.” U.S. Department of Justice Community Relations Service. June 1999 (Updated June 2002). https://www.justice.gov/archive/crs/pubs/pdexcess.htm, retrieved August 3, 2016.

4. “Tammy Duckworth On Alton Sterling & Philando Castile Police-Involved Shooting Deaths.” U.S. Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth. July 7, 2016. http://duckworth.house.gov/index.php/media-center/press-releases/925-tammy-duckworth-on-alton-sterling-philando-castile-police-involved-
shooting-deaths, retrieved July 31, 2016.

5. “Tammy Duckworth’s Statement On Dallas Police Shootings.”U.S. Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth. July 8, 2016. http://duckworth.house.gov/index.php/media-center/press-releases/924-tammy-duckworth-s-statement-on-dallas-police-shootings, retrieved August 1, 2016.

Photo: Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy. Slack, Megan. “President Obama Honors Law Enforcement Officers Killed in the Line of Duty.” The White House. https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/05/15/president-obama-honors-law-enforcement-officers-killed-line-duty, retrieved August 3, 2016.

August 18, 2016: Ethics Rules: Term Limits Will Never Be Enough

1. “Vitter Introduces Government Reform Bills on First Day of 114th Congress.” David Vitter. January 6, 2015. https://www.vitter.senate.gov/newsroom/press/vitter-introduces-government-reform-bills-on-first-day-of-114th-congress, retrieved August 16, 2016.

2. “Congressman Blum Speaks on Term Limits on House Floor.” Rod Blum. March 22, 2016. https://blum.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-blum-speaks-term-limits-house-floor, retrieved August 15, 2016.

3. “Reid Calls On Trump To Take Naturalization Test, In Response to Trump Proposing New Tests For Immigrants.” Harry Reid. August 15, 2016. http://www.reid.senate.gov/press_releases/2016-08-15-reid-calls-on-trump-to-take-naturalization-test-in-response-to-trump-proposing-new-tests-for-immigrants#, retrieved August 17, 2016.

August 19, 2016: Worst Reason to Vote for Trump is Also the Best

1. “Cicilline Asks President to Cut Off Trump’s Access to Classified Intel.” David Cicilline. July 27, 2016. https://cicilline.house.gov/press-release/cicilline-asks-president-cut-trumps-access-classified-intel, retrieved August 19, 2016.

Photo: “Farm Animals. Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial.” National Park Service. https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/photogallery/mwr/park/libo/BB56BEBC-F9BF-7824-2C8285733A126F82/BB56BEBC-F9BF-7824-2C8285733A126F82-large.jpg, retrieved August 18, 2016.

August 25, 2016: Minorities Special Needs are Your Problem

1. “Castro, Tri-Caucus Urge Removal of “Alien” Provision from Appropriations Legislation.” Congressional Hispanic Caucus. May 16, 2016. http://congressionalhispaniccaucus-sanchez.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/castro-tri-caucus-urge-removal-of-alien-provision-from-appropriations, retrieved August 25, 2016.

2. “Election 2016. Voter general election preferences.” Pew Research Center. July 7, 2016. http://www.people-press.org/2016/07/07/2-voter-general-election-preferences/, retrieved August 21, 2016.

3. “Election 2016. Hispanic voters and the 2016 election.” Pew Research Center. July 7, 2016. http://www.people-press.org/2016/07/07/6-hispanic-voters-and-the-2016-election/, retrieved August 21, 2016.

4. “The War on Poverty: 50 Years Later.” House Budget Committee Majority Staff.” March 3, 2014. http://budget.house.gov/waronpoverty/, retrieved August 21, 2016. p. 3.

5. Ibid., p. 9.

6. “Overview of Community Characteristics in Areas With Concentrated Poverty. Racial and ethnic minorities are overrepresented in the concentrated poverty population, and concentrated poor communities in metropolitan areas are often highly segregated.” U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. May 1, 2014. https://aspe.hhs.gov/report/overview-community-characteristics-areas-concentrated-poverty/racial-and-ethnic-minorities-are-overrepresented-concentrated-poverty-population-and-concentrated-poor-communities-metropolitan, retrieved August 21, 2016.

Picture credit: Official White House Photo by Dave Lienemann. Sutton, Nikki. “President Obama at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Dedication: “We Will Overcome.” The White House. October 16, 2011. https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/10/16/president-obama-martin-luther-king-jr-memorial-dedication-we-will-overcome, retrieved August 28, 2016.

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