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RACISM

Time's Up for Monuments to Teddy Roosevelt, Francis Scott Key, and Ulysses S. Grant

From Paris to Raleigh to New York, the global reckoning with white supremacy is bringing a lot more statues down.
Paul Blest
6.22.20
NRA

The NRA for Black People Wants to Get Political

With over 34,000 members and 75 chapters around the country, NAAGA’s popularity is surprising to many, including its founders.
Lea Scruggs
6.22.20
body

Diet Critics Are Scared Millennials Aren’t Eating ‘Healthy’ in the Pandemic

We’re in the middle of several crises; heaven forbid we have some potato chips about it.
Katie Way
6.22.20
tech-science

Scientists Found a Mysterious Structure of Deep Shafts Near Stonehenge

The monumental underground structures were discovered in a vast circle just two miles from Stonehenge, and fulfilled an unknown purpose.
Becky Ferreira
6.22.20
Trump

John Bolton's Book That Trump Wanted to Stop Is Spreading Widely on Piracy Sites

‘The Room Where it Happened’ is tearing up the charts on sites where people download the book for free.
Matthew Gault
6.22.20
Crime

Toronto Cop Charged With Corruption in Tow Truck Scheme

Toronto Police say that a 47-year-old officer stole a police radio and provided it to crooked tow-truck drivers to use it to get to accidents quicker.
Mack Lamoureux
6.22.20
freedom of information

Dog Genitals at Center of Federal Public Records Lawsuit

Whether Conan the dog, who works for Delta Force, is a very good boy or a very good girl is, the government says, a state secret.
Freddy Martinez
6.22.20
Policing

The NYPD Cop in a Viral Chokehold Video Has Been Suspended Without Pay

The incident comes a week after the New York City Council passed a law making it a criminal misdemeanor for an officer to use a chokehold during an arrest.
Emma Ockerman
6.22.20
Drugs

Drugs Keep Washing up on Indian Shores

Over the weekend, 183 packets of hash and 78 kilos of crystal meth were found floating about in Indian seas.
Shamani Joshi
6.22.20
Hacking

‘BlueLeaks’: Group Releases 270GB of Sensitive Police Documents

A collective that hosts leaked data in the public interests published BlueLeaks, a collection of hundreds of thousands of internal documents from police departments across the country.
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
6.22.20
Donald Trump

Trump Just Had One of the Worst Weekends of His Presidency

A thinly attended rally, a damning White House memoir, and a U.S. attorney who wouldn't quit. Plus, a raging pandemic and terrible poll numbers.
Paul Blest
6.22.20
2020

A Mid-Year Roundup of Important Events That Happened in 2020

Can you believe it’s only June?
Koh Ewe
6.22.20
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