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Images of police brutalizing demonstrators continue to surface as Americans take to the streets to protest racism and police violence.
By Emily Singer - June 05, 2020Images of police brutalizing demonstrators continue to surface as Americans take to the streets to protest racism and police violence.
By Emily Singer - June 05, 2020‘Richmond is no longer the capital of the Confederacy,’ said the city’s mayor.
By Dan Desai Martin - June 05, 2020Trump said George Floyd, the black man killed at the hands of police, should be proud of the police and military response to the anti-racism protests.
By Emily Singer - June 05, 2020‘We’re sorry that you decided to come to Maine, but since you are here, could you do us a favor? Resign,’ the Portland Press Herald wrote.
By Emily Singer - June 05, 2020Republicans have been quick to condemn antifa as chaos erupts at various protests across the country, despite scant evidence to support their claims.
By Emily Singer - June 04, 2020The Republican Attorneys General Association lashed out at the attorney general of Massachusetts after she called for racial justice.
By Dan Desai Martin - June 04, 2020The effort is spearheaded by the Congressional Black Caucus.
By Associated Press - June 04, 2020Mattis broke his silence about his disdain for Trump, who he says is dividing the country and is incapable of ‘mature’ leadership.
By Emily Singer - June 04, 2020Streets remained mostly calm on Tuesday as Donald Trump demanded military intervention against protesters.
By Associated Press - June 03, 2020Secretary of Defense Mark Esper now admits he knew he was going to a church where Trump posed with a Bible for a photo-op on Monday.
By Emily Singer - June 03, 2020The Trump campaign says police didn’t use tear gas on protesters, even after the police released a statement saying they did.
By Emily Singer - June 03, 2020‘I think it’s very unfortunate that people of faith would call into question what is in anyone’s heart.’
By Dan Desai Martin - June 02, 2020‘Our broken windows are nothing compared to 400 years of broken lives,’ said the owner of a Boston beer, wine, and liquor store.
By Dan Desai Martin - June 02, 2020A total of 95 House Republicans and 19 Senate Republicans voted with the NAACP less than 10% of the time last Congress.
By Josh Israel - June 02, 2020Biden focused on healing racial divisions in his Tuesday remarks, in contrast to the threats Donald Trump directed at protesters Monday night.
By Josh Israel - June 02, 2020In a tweet about protesters, Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz said to ‘hunt them down.’
By Emily Singer - June 02, 2020Federal police attacked a group of protesters outside the White House Monday night to make way for Trump to hold a photo op at a nearby church.
By Emily Singer - June 02, 2020Clergy members were handing out snacks to a peaceful crowd before they were tear-gassed to clear the area for Trump’s photo-op.
By Emily Singer - June 02, 2020Trump wants to designate antifa as a domestic terrorism organization — but that won’t prevent violence, an expert with the Brennan Center for Justice said.
By Josh Israel - June 01, 2020Suddenly they think protests against police violence are OK as long as they are peaceful.
By Josh Israel - June 01, 2020Joe Biden has met with black community leaders and spoken with big-city mayors in the wake of the protests over the death of George Floyd.
By Emily Singer - June 01, 2020Attorney General Barr joined Trump to tell governors they have to ‘dominate’ the streets and ‘go after troublemakers.’
By Associated Press - June 01, 2020Donald Trump has also pushed for labeling protesters as domestic terrorists.
By Oliver Willis - June 01, 2020Rather than try and quell the unrest sweeping the United States over the death of George Floyd, Trump tweeted incendiary and violent comments.
By Emily Singer - June 01, 2020Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) blames both sides.
By Josh Israel - May 29, 2020Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was arrested Friday.
By Associated Press - May 29, 2020There is a big disparity in how Trump describes protesters of different races.
By Emily Singer - May 29, 2020Twitter put a ‘public interest notice’ on Trump’s tweet that threatened, ‘when the looting starts, the shooting starts.’
By Emily Singer - May 29, 2020