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Congressional Democrats will unveil legislation Monday to install wide-ranging reforms for police departments across the country. It could face Republican opposition.

Imperial Beach Mayor Serge Dedina requested Sunday that the San Diego Sheriff's Department investigate an attack on peaceful protesters and deem the incident a hate crime.

Democratic Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey spoke with All Things Considered about the plan to eliminate certain legal protections for law enforcement.

Criminals are seizing on a surge in job losses to steal unemployment benefits from Americans nationwide. This complicates an already tough situation for millions of financially strapped Americans and overwhelmed state unemployment offices.

Poet Elaine Kahn teaches video conference workshops for aspiring poets, as part of her Poetry Field School project. She says the pandemic and quarantine have had an impact on her students' writing.

Communities were counting on historic levels of funding to prepare for climate change-driven disasters. Now, efforts are on hold.

Boaters stress that it's not an easy way of life, with constant repairs, refills of water, gas and coal — and emptying toilets' holding tanks. But in the pandemic era, a moveable home has advantages.

Communities were counting on historic levels of funding to prepare for climate change-driven disasters. Now, efforts are on hold.

"In general, Georgia Republicans have to just really reckon with the fact that it's not 2006 anymore," said one observer of the state's politics.

Black America today is facing not just one crisis, but a convergence. African-Americans have been hit harder by the virus and job losses. And there's systemic racism and discrimination.