Black Lives Matter
Dissension in the ranks? Pentagon breaks with Trump over protest crackdown
June 4, 2020The right-wing coalition built around Trump is showing cracks that could end up splitting off support for the president in November.
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Trumka, other labor leaders, commit unions to the fight against racism
June 4, 2020They declare the fight must include key moves at the ballot box this fall, starting with Trump’s removal from the White House.
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Tear gas, bullets, and a less-than-holy photo op
June 3, 2020Those of us who may be religious folk will do well to reacquaint ourselves with teachings of the Jesus who entered the temple and overturned the tables of the moneychangers.
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Voters dump a white supremacist and make a Black woman mayor
June 3, 2020In elections yesterday, Iowa’s Rep. Steve King was defeated, and Ferguson, Missouri made Ella Jones the city’s new mayor.
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Israeli forces trained cops in ‘restraint techniques’ at Minneapolis conference
June 3, 2020No confirmation yet on whether the officers involved in George Floyd's murder participated in the Israeli event.
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