racism
After 87 years Washington NFL team drops racist name, logo
July 13, 2020The Washington NFL franchise announced Monday it is dropping the “Redskins” name and Indian head logo.
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Trump election strategy: Blame China for coronavirus, bad economy
July 10, 2020Trump is constantly painting China as the communist bogeyman of international relations—an external enemy he hopes will divert voters’ attention from his failings.
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Black players demonstrate at Major League Soccer tourney
July 9, 2020(AP)—Now that Major League Soccer has re-started, a group of Black Major League Soccer players is using the moment to call attention to systemic racism across sports and society. Black Players for Change was formerly the...
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‘Strike for Black Lives’: Planned July 20 walkout unites BLM and unions
July 9, 2020Service Employees International Union has partnered with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the American Federation of Teachers, United Farm Workers, the Fight for $15 and a Union, the Poor People's Campaign, and others.
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Illinois Supreme Court rules Chicago police can’t destroy disciplinary records
July 8, 2020Disciplinary records are public property, and the Chicago cops can’t use their contract to cover up their past transgressions, the justices decreed, 6-1.
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