Black Lives Matter
#DefundThePolice and more: An agenda for real reform
June 10, 2020The advocates of “defund the police” aren’t fools. They understand that the police will be with us—but that their role and their functions need to be dramatically rethought.
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Sports round-up: Players advance Black Lives Matter message
June 9, 2020This “Which side are you on?” moment has moved beyond the political arena and into professional sports—which should come as no surprise.
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Racist monuments fall: Watery end for slave trader statue in UK
June 9, 2020The Colston statue wasn’t the only historic sculpture to have been targeted by protesters.
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National uprising continues: Reports from around the country
June 9, 2020People's World is being inundated with correspondence from local reporters and activists around the country. Presented here are just a few recent selections submitted from towns and cities across the United States.
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George Floyd mourned in small town vigils despite armed vigilantes
June 9, 2020There have been protests in at least 580 towns and cities, many in rural “red states,” the majority of them organized by students and youth of all races.
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