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police

A Georgia Sheriff Posted a Meme Asking if the U.S. Could Start 'Hanging Traitors'

Then he doubled down.
Emma Ockerman
6.3.20
Hong Kong

Boris Johnson Just Offered Hong Kongers a Path to Citizenship to Escape Chinese Rule

The British PM has pledged massive changes to the immigration rules to allow as many as 3 million Hong Kongers to live and work in the U.K.
Tim Hume
6.3.20
Op-Ed

The Music Industry Fails Black People Every Day

Black Lives Matter is exposing a flawed industry predicated on the abuse of Black talent at the hands of white executives, publicists, and newsrooms.
Kristin Corry
6.3.20
Trump

Trump Insists He Was Only ‘Inspecting’ That Bunker When Protesters Were Outside the White House

Trump is wildly concerned about reports that he retreated to an underground bunker on Friday.
Paul Blest
6.3.20
Tech news

K-Pop Fans Are Flooding Right-Wing Hashtags on Social Media

In their latest move to support protesters, K-pop fan accounts are flooding hashtags like #bluelivesmatter and #MAGA with memes and fancams.
Matthew Gault
6.3.20
Trump

Trump’s Secretary of Defense Just Trashed the President’s Plan to Use The Military Against Americans

"I do not support invoking the Insurrection Act,” Defense Secretary Mark Esper said.
Greg Walters
6.3.20
RNC

Trump Pulled the RNC Out of Charlotte, But No One Told Charlotte About It

The governor of North Carolina has refused to sign off on a 20,000-person convention in the middle of a pandemic.
Paul Blest
6.3.20
rights

The World's Most Basic Guide to Contacting Your Reps

If you want to take action against police brutality, this is an easy place to start.
Hannah Smothers
6.3.20
Facebook

Facebook Employees Are Done With Mark Zuckerberg Coddling Trump

Several employees have said they're resigning because Zuckerberg insists on leaving up Trump's comment threatening protesters.
David Gilbert
6.3.20
FRANCE

George Floyd Is Reminding Paris of Adama Traoré. Protesters There Burned an American Flag in the Streets.

“What is happening in the United States is an echo of what is happening in France.”
Tim Hume
6.3.20
DRONES

The Government is Regularly Flying Predator Drones Over American Cities

The aircraft flight data is a reminder that CBP does not only fly drones along the border.
Joseph Cox
6.3.20
george floyd

200 Homeless Minneapolis Residents Turned a Hotel Into a Communal Sanctuary

The Sheraton, just blocks from where police killed George Floyd, is being managed as a commune, run by the residents and without leaders.
Lauren Kaori Gurley
6.3.20
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