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A major theme in the book is racial tensions and its first mentioned a page into the book. I think the Tamir Rice case is an influence for an early line in the book.

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An Ohio grand jury has decided not to return an indictment in the 2014 police shooting death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, prosecutor Tim McGinty said Monday.

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This article talks about how Trump is worsening racial tensions.

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When it comes to matters of racial conflict, a common response from President Trump is that "both sides" are at a fault.

His most prominent use of the phrase came after white supremacists led a rally in Charlottesville last summer that descended into violence. Trump blamed "both sides" for the chaos and compared anti-racism protesters who lacked a permit to white supremacists who had organized to defend Confederate memorials.

"I think there's blame on both sides. And I have no doubt about it," Trump said in the aftermath of Charlottesville.

"You had a group on one side that was bad, and you had a group on the other side that was also very violent," he said. "No one wants to say that, but I'll say it right now: You had a group on the other side that came charging in without a permit, and they were very, very violent."

Since then, multiple race-related topics - from Trump invoking profanity while calling for the firing of National Football League players protesting racism in America to him allegedly calling predominantly black developing nations " shithole countries " - have made headlines that have brought Trump's leadership into question, particularly in the minds of people of color.

Despite that, some Trump supporters still seem to be holding "both sides" responsible for the direction in which the country is headed on racial matters under Trump's leadership. And that was fully on display Wednesday on CNN when a conversation about the Trump administration's handling of the separation of migrant families turned to race.

David Urban, the Trump campaign's senior political liaison to the Republican National Convention, said in a discussion on "The Lead with Jake Tapper": "The politics of race is terrible on both sides. . . . I think it's horrible for Republicans to do it. . . . I think it's terrible."

But Nina Turner, a former Ohio state senator and surrogate for Sen. Bernie Sanders's (I-Vt.) presidential campaign, would not accept the suggestion that both sides are equally at fault.

"I'm not saying that Republicans have a monopoly on racism and bigotry; what I am saying is we have become numb to some of the very real challenges in this country that are being exacerbated by this president," Turner said. "But he didn't invent racism and discrimination. I'll be the first one to say that. But to have people who are not black and brown to be cavalier around this panel, I am highly offended."

Turner communicated the frustration that many people of color who make the rounds on cable television analyzing race relations in this political climate have expressed: Since the day Trump launched his presidential campaign and likened Mexican immigrants to rapists and murderers, racially insensitive comments are more likely to come from Trump supporters than those on the left - and the president bears some responsibility for that.

And most Americans tend to agree that there is no "both sides" when it comes to this.

The Fix previously Quinnipiac University reported that 6 in 10 Americans say Trump's election has led to worse race relations in the United States, according to a new Pew report on the subject. And nearly 6 in 10 voters say Trump has encouraged white supremacists , according to a 2017 . poll

Just this week, a Trump-endorsed gubernatorial candidate was criticized for referring to a Hispanic congressional candidate's identity by saying "whatever she is," leading her to assert her Puerto Rican heritage. And a Republican state lawmaker in Georgia with a history of making racist comments was asked to resign after repeatedly yelling the n-word during a military-training prank conducted by actor Sacha Baron Cohen.

And while conservatives regularly criticized the country's first black president for being divisive - often when he talked about issues of race - a 2017 Washington Post/ABC News poll shows that most Americans, some 66 percent, think Trump is the most divisive president in recent history. And it is Trump's views on race that are partly responsible for that perception. After all, nearly half the country believes Trump is a racist, according to a Quinnipiac poll released this month.

Few would argue that the Democratic Party has been flawless in its handling of race issues. In fact, Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez acknowledged the opposite at a fundraiser aimed at making Stacey Abrams Georgia's first black governor. According to the Atlantic, Perez said:

"We took too many people for granted, and African Americans - our most loyal constituency - we all too frequently took for granted. That is a shame on us, folks, and for that I apologize. And for that I say, it will never happen again!"

But the GOP will probably have a much harder time winning black voters this fall or in the years to come if its leaders fail to recognize just how much Americans believe Trump has changed the party's trajectory when it comes to expanding racial tensions between racial minorities and white Americans.

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Analysis | For many minorities, 'both sides' aren't to blame for worsening racial tension. Trump is.

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When it comes to matters of racial conflict, a common response from President Trump is that "both sides" are at a fault. His most prominent use of the phrase came after white supremacists led a rally in Charlottesville last summer that descended into violence.

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The year 2015 was marked by countless high-profile incidences of police brutality against minorities - Samuel Dubose in Ohio, Freddie Grayin Baltimore and Walter Scott in South Carolina, to name a few - that it's hard to keep track.

Recent events of police violence have spurred often highly charged protests, including those linked to activist group #BlackLivesMatter on Twitter, and riots in Baltimore. However, it's difficult to digest the true impact of police brutality without hard data. The federal government has no complete tracking or record system of how many civilians are killed by the police. Instead, the FBI runs a voluntary program that law enforcement organizations can choose to report to.

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"We live in a time and space that dictates that if we can't prove it with data, then it didn't happen," Brittany Packnett, who is a part of President Barack Obama's Task Force on 21st Century Policing, told the Guardian. "And yet we know that people are continuing to suffer in these ways every single day, so we have to make sure we have the numbers to back up people's stories and that those numbers push police departments towards urgent action."

Here are some startling statistics on police brutality:

1. In May, the Washington Postanalyzed the 385 fatal police shootings in the United States that had occurred so far in 2015. The Post noted its number, which came out to two officer-involved shooting deaths per day, was more than twice the rate that the government had recorded over the past decade.

2. That same report found blacks to be killed at three times the rate of whites or other minorities.

3. It also found that almost a quarter of those killed were identified as mentally ill by police or family members.

4. The youngest victims at the end of May, according to the Washington Post, were 16 years old (though at the time, nine ages were unknown).

5. Another Washington Post investigation from August found that black men - who constitute 6% of the nation's population - account for 40% of the 60 unarmed people who had been fatally shot by police by that time.

6. The Guardian's The Counted project, which crowdsources and reports on police deaths, analyzed the first half of 2015 to find that an average of three people were killed daily during that time.

7. Mapping Police Violence found that black people living in Oklahoma were six times more likely to be killed by police than in Georgia.

8. It also found 98% of these events did not end with an officer being charged with a crime.

9. A 2014 article by found California to be the state with the most frequent occurrences of deadly officer-involved shootings, with 102 in 2011.

10. The Guardianalso found that if this trend persists, the number of people killed by police will surpass 1,000 by the end of the year.

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10 Police Brutality Statistics That Are Absolutely Shocking

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Recently they signed a really stupid bill into law where you have maybe 6 weeks to get an abortion except extreme cases

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Iowa's governor has signed a new law that bans abortion once a fetal heartbeat has been detected. The law's supporters expect a challenge in the courts.

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:

To Iowa now and an issue that's been a hot-button topic for years and that is abortion. On Friday, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, a Republican, signed into law a measure that's being called the most-restrictive abortion law in the country. That sets the stage for a legal challenge. Iowa Public Radio's Katarina Sostaric reports that that is actually what some anti-abortion activists want.

KATARINA SOSTARIC, BYLINE: The law bans most abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, which can be as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. It allows some limited exceptions for rape, incest, fetal abnormalities and to save the life of the mother. Just before signing the bill, surrounded by children and Republican lawmakers with protesters chanting outside, Governor Reynolds said she understands the law will likely be challenged in court.

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KIM REYNOLDS: However, this is bigger than just a law. This is about life. And I'm not going to back down from who I am or what I believe in.

SOSTARIC: It's set to go into effect July 1. Susanna de Baca, president of Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, told protesters her organization will sue the state to block the law.

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SUSANNA DE BACA: I think many of us never expected that Governor Reynolds would so swiftly jump to sign a bill that is so clearly unconstitutional.

SOSTARIC: Iowa joins a group of states that have been pushing the limits of the U.S. Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that made abortion legal. Some anti-abortion lawmakers in several states have said they're passing laws that invite legal challenges to try to change that. Here's Iowa Republican Senator Rick Bertrand.

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RICK BERTRAND: I believe this bill would be the vehicle that will ultimately provide change and provide the opportunity to overturn Roe v. Wade. There's nothing hidden here about the agenda.

SOSTARIC: Elizabeth Nash at the Guttmacher Institute, which advocates for sexual and reproductive rights, says some conservatives are hoping the makeup of the Supreme Court will change in the next few years if a pro-abortion-rights justice steps down.

ELIZABETH NASH: Which means that if there are cases in the pipeline that challenge current standards for abortion rights that any one of those cases could be brought up at a time when the court then becomes more conservative.

SOSTARIC: Other states have abortion restrictions already held up in federal court, and those could make it to the Supreme Court before Iowa's law. For NPR News, I'm Katarina Sostaric in Des Moines.

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With Sights On Roe v. Wade, Anti-Abortion Lawmakers Invite Legal Challenges

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Iowa's governor has signed a new law that bans abortion once a fetal heartbeat has been detected. The law's supporters expect a challenge in the courts. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: To Iowa now and an issue that's been a hot-button topic for years and that is abortion.

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if you are concerned at all over Planned parenthood losing funding, consider donating to them

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We all deserve the right to make our own health care choices. That's why I just joined Planned Parenthood in the fight to make sure everyone can access the care they need, no matter where they live, no matter what. Stand with us.

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A major issue in the story is abortion. Personally I think its messed up that we are even considering shutting down Planned Parenthood

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Extreme politicians, led by Vice President-elect Mike Pence and Health and Human Services Secretary-Nominee Tom Price, want to shut down Planned Parenthood. One of their key tactics is to push legislation misleadingly named "defunding" Planned Parenthood - a cruel ploy that would punish women and hit people with low incomes, people living in rural communities, and people of color the hardest.

Why are Planned Parenthood health centers so important? Because Planned Parenthood is the nation's leading reproductive health care provider. Its health centers provide supportive reproductive health care to 2.5 million people in a year. An estimated one in five women has relied on Planned Parenthood health centers for care in her lifetime. That's why a majority of Americans support Planned Parenthood, and why so many people are saying #IStandWithPP.

If Congress shuts down Planned Parenthood health centers, 2.5 million people a year would lose access to birth control, cancer screenings, STD tests, and more.

Here is everything you need to know about these attacks on Planned Parenthood patients in Congress, and the devastation they would wreak on women's health care.

Main Line of Attack on Access to Care at Planned Parenthood

"Defunding" Planned Parenthood really means blocking patients who depend on public health care programs (like and ) from getting their care at Planned Parenthood health centers. Approximately 60% of Planned Parenthood patients rely on these programs to access care, and most of those patients use Medicaid.

Anti-abortion politicians like Mike Pence target Planned Parenthood health centers because they provide abortion. But it's already federal law that patients cannot use federal funding, like Medicaid, for abortion (except in cases of rape, incest, or when the life of the woman is at risk). Instead, "defund" legislation prevents patients who are already struggling to get by - or who already face barriers to accessing health care - from getting essential, preventive care like birth control, cancer screenings, well-woman exams, STD tests and treatment, and other care at Planned Parenthood health centers.

Bottom line: "Defunding" Planned Parenthood is part of a larger agenda to shut down Planned Parenthood health centers and make it impossible to access safe, legal abortion in America.

The Impact of "Defunding" Attacks

If politicians in Congress succeed in "defunding" Planned Parenthood and in shutting down Planned Parenthood health centers, they would cause a national health disaster. Millions of Planned Parenthood patients would lose access to the preventive care they've relied on - care like cancer screenings; birth control; and STD testing and treatment, including HIV tests.

Who would shutting down Planned Parenthood health centers hurt the most? It's people of color, people living in rural areas, and people with low incomes. They represent the majority of Planned Parenthood's patients, and they already face unfair systemic barriers to accessing health care. If these patients are blocked from care at Planned Parenthood, many would have nowhere else to go. In fact, 21% of counties have no safety-net family planning alternative should their local Planned Parenthood health center close, and more than half of Planned Parenthood's health centers are located in rural and underserved communities.

What Americans Think About Planned Parenthood

The American people overwhelmingly support Planned Parenthood and strongly oppose blocking access care at Planned Parenthood - 15 nationwide polls say so. Even 48% of Donald Trump's supporters don't want to see Planned Parenthood "defunded." It's no wonder that, in the weeks following the election, Planned Parenthood affiliates were flooded with new volunteers, and hundreds of thousands of individuals donated to Planned Parenthood to make sure access to health care is protected.

So, how do Americans feel now? They're scared that with politicians like Mike Pence and Tom Price in power, it could mean disaster for their health care access. Case in point: Since the election, Planned Parenthood health centers have seen a surge in online appointments for birth control, with a nearly 10-fold increase in people seeking IUDs the week after the election.

Learn More & Take Action

Planned Parenthood has stood defiantly in the face of opposition for a century, and we are not backing down now. Extreme politicians may try to shut down Planned Parenthood health centers, but we will fight to keep their doors open so they can continue to provide expert, affordable health care to the millions of people who rely on them each year.

Planned Parenthood's passionate supporters are planning events around the country, calling their elected officials, and educating their friends about the vital care Planned Parenthood provides. Want to get involved?
Here are the key ways to support Planned Parenthood and the patients it serves.
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How Extreme Politicians are Trying to Shut Down Planned Parenthood - And What You Can Do To Fight Back

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Extreme politicians, led by Vice President-elect Mike Pence and Health and Human Services Secretary-Nominee Tom Price, want to shut down Planned Parenthood. One of their key tactics is to push legislation misleadingly named "defunding" Planned Parenthood - a cruel ploy that would punish women and hit people with low incomes, people living in rural communities, and people of color the hardest.