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Increased Risk of Domestic Violence Requires Proper Gun Safety

April 14, 2020
Courtesy of Laura L. Rogers, Acting Director, Office on Violence Against Women
As citizens across the nation follow public health instructions to shelter in their homes to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus Disease, victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse are facing increased risk to their own personal safety.
Updated April 14, 2020

Washington Examiner Op-Ed: How the Justice Department is standing up for civil rights amid coronavirus pandemic

April 9, 2020
Courtesy of Eric S. Dreiband, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division
As our country faces the challenge of COVID-19, our founding ideals remain critically important. At Gettysburg, President Abraham Lincoln explained that the United States is a “nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.” Americans in Lincoln’s time were engaged in a murderous civil war. Today, we are battling a life-threatening virus, but the same principles that guided Lincoln must guide us now, especially when it comes to protecting our...
Updated April 20, 2020

Update on Operation Lady Justice: Task Force Continues Work to Address Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives

March 24, 2020
The important work of the Presidential Task Force on Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives continues. The task force, designated Operation Lady Justice, will press forward with its mandate to review Indian Country cold cases, strengthen law enforcement protocols, and work with tribes to improve investigations, information sharing and a more seamless response to missing persons investigations. The task force must also take appropriate precautions to protect the health and...
Updated March 24, 2020

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