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Few in Number, Black Residents in Appalachia Push for Justice

Brian Skinner October 6, 2020 Demographics, Justice, Politics and Campaigns

Stateline — By April Simpson — October 5, 2020 Just as soon as the grand jury decision came down in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor, several people in southeastern Kentucky began organizing a candlelight vigil in her memory. Taylor was killed in March by police officers in Louisville, Kentucky, who executed a midnight no-knock search …Read More

Mothers Are 3 Times More Likely Than Fathers to Have Lost Jobs in Pandemic

Brian Skinner September 29, 2020 Demographics, Government & Policy

STATELINE ARTICLE — By: Tim Henderson — September 28, 2020 Mothers of small children have lost work at three times the rate of fathers in the pandemic, a situation that threatens not only progress toward gender equity but middle-class income gains that have become increasingly dependent on working women. Mothers of children 12 years old and younger …Read More