A new initiative launched by Black Lives Matter
activists seeks to re-focus the movement's efforts on state capitols,
building on momentum at the national level to push back against
President Donald Trump's political agenda on issues such as policing and
immigration.
The online platform OurStates.org
is the latest indication that Democrats and left-leaning groups are
turning their attention to statehouses after concluding that many of the
policies they oppose are being enacted at the state level, since
Congress has passed few major laws in recent years.
Despite the movement's national presence, it has
not concentrated "on engaging and resisting what state legislatures are
doing to essentially implement the same agenda," said Sam Sinyangwe, a
data scientist with the project. "If we don't engage on the state level,
many of the same rights we're fighting to protect will be restricted at
the local level anyway."
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