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Neil Young is not alone in removing music from major streaming platforms; multiple artists and bands have withdrawn catalogs from services like Amazon Music and Spotify for reasons ranging from protes...
Since 2020, multiple high‑profile acts of right‑wing violence in the United States have converged into three prominent trends: , , and . Analyses compiled here identify the January 6, 2021, Capitol as...
There is no single authoritative count of “how many riots” occurred during Barack Obama’s presidency; reporting documents multiple high-profile episodes of civil unrest—Ferguson and Baltimore among th...
Crime trends in 2024 show a national decline in violent and property crime according to FBI summaries cited in the analyses, but comparisons framed as “blue versus red states” are inconclusive because...
Estimates of law-enforcement injuries during the George Floyd protests vary widely because no single federal tally exists; major industry reporting and police agencies put the number anywhere from sev...
There is no credible evidence that a wave of police officers were killed by protesters during the 2020 George Floyd demonstrations; fact‑checking organizations and contemporary reporting show a small ...
The Black Panther Party (BPP), founded in Oakland in 1966 by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, combined armed self-defense against police brutality with extensive community “survival programs” that serv...
Ranked-choice voting (RCV) draws persistent criticism on several fronts: , , , and . Empirical studies and reports from multiple jurisdictions—New York City, Alaska, Maine, San Francisco, and others—d...
Michigan’s Muslim population is reported differently across recent sources: , translating to roughly depending on methodology and year. The most rigorous survey-based estimate (PRRI’s 2022 data) place...
In 2025 the GS base pay received a 1.7% across‑the‑board increase and locality payments added an average of about 0.3%, producing an overall average raise of roughly 2% for most General Schedule emplo...
ICE has recently expanded high-profile arrest operations in cities like Chicago and Oakland, drawing allegations of aggressive tactics and instances of force while the agency insists its officers use ...
The available reporting shows for rioting charges in the U.S.; outcomes range from probation to multi-decade federal prison terms depending on charges, conduct, and jurisdiction. Recent cases illustra...
The name "Jasmine Gillooly" appears to conflate two distinct public figures in the available reporting: Jasmine Guillory, a bestselling American romance novelist widely covered in profiles and publish...
Available reporting compiled by national outlets and researchers counted between 6 and at least 19 deaths associated with the 2020 George Floyd protests; major outlets like The New York Times reported...
Governor Gavin Newsom pushed a two-track criminal justice agenda in 2024–25: large investments in public-safety operations — including $267 million in grants to 55 communities and expanded California ...
Flock Safety’s network of automated license-plate–reading (ALPR) and video cameras is now installed across thousands of U.S. communities and used by “5,000 law enforcement agencies and more than 6,000...
Portland’s violence rate in 2025 is reported by multiple local and compilatory sources as declining sharply year‑over‑year, with city releases and a Major Cities Chiefs dataset citing sizable drops in...
Memphis, Tennessee, recorded the highest violent crime rate per 100,000 residents in the FBI’s 2024 Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) city-level dataset, with a reported rate of roughly , according to pub...
Video, reporting and court filings establish that federal agents fired at protesters and at least one pastor was struck during demonstrations outside ICE facilities in 2025; that prompted a federal ju...
The October 18 No Kings rallies did not feature a single, universal roster of “main speakers”; and reporting highlights local leaders and elected officials rather than a centralized national lineup. C...