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Chauvin trial prosecutor to jury: ‘Believe your eyes…it’s murder’

March 30, 2021 By Wayne Nealis

In opening arguments, Minnesota prosecutor Jerry Blackwell said Chauvin betrayed his oath of public service.

Political war over voting rights heats up

March 29, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

Republicans expose their role as the party of Jim Crow.

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.

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.

Oakland, Marin County to launch pilot programs for guaranteed income

March 26, 2021 By Marilyn Bechtel

“The poverty we all witness today is not a personal failure,” Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said, “it is a systems failure.”