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Racist policing back in spotlight as Derek Chauvin trial opens

March 29, 2021 By Wayne Nealis

Last week, another Minneapolis officer was videotaped punching a Black suspect who was already restrained.

French Farmers protest fertilizer tax

March 29, 2021 By Al Neal

Protests are part of a movement in other European countries that is particularly important to young people who want to go into farming.

New York and New Jersey again epicenters for high COVID infection rate

March 29, 2021 By Marina Villeneuve And Mike Catalini

A year after becoming a global epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, New York and New Jersey are back atop the list of U.S. states with the highest rates of infection.

Lawsuit, avalanche of criticism, greets Georgia’s Jim Crow voting law

March 26, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

The law codifies an authoritarian attack on the most fundamental aspect of a democracy – the right of the people to choose their leaders.

U.S. military had ‘clandestine burning’ of toxic chemicals in low-income neighborhoods, study finds

March 26, 2021 By Kenny Stancil

"In defiance of common sense and environmental expertise, the Department of Defense (DOD) has enlisted poor communities across the U.S. as unwilling test subjects in its toxic experiment."