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Sep 12 2020
Analysis
‘We need to listen to each other’: An interracial couple finds hope in love
Since the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd, the United States has been locked in a tense standoff over race. The surge of social justice protests this summer have created a public platform for Black Americans to share their experiences with racism and discrimination, prompting many white Americans to consider implicit bias and privilege in new ways. Phillip and Nancy
Christian Science MonitorNov 01 2020
News
'We're Creating a City in Georgia for Black People to Live Without Racism'
My friend Renee and I do affirmations together each morning, and earlier this year we were talking about how we were both feeling completely distraught about events going on in the world; like the killings of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd and so many other Black people.
Renee told me that this was the first time that she had felt depressed and anxious about her husband
NewsweekJun 01 2020
News
Violence Escalates As Protests Over George Floyd Death Continue
Protesters staged large-scale demonstrations across the country on Sunday, expressing outrage at the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis and, more broadly, anger at police brutality. Some cities, including Minneapolis, Atlanta and Seattle, saw clashes with police, buildings and cars set afire, and looting.
By evening, many demonstrations had given way to another night of violence and
NPR (Online News)Jun 08 2020
News
Why was George Floyd’s death the breaking point?
Throughout America’s long history of racial violence, certain names have stood out as markers of the struggles of a particular period in time. Emmett Till’s lynching in 1955 drew attention to the brutality of the pre-civil rights era in the South. The beating of Rodney King and acquittal of the officers involved sparked the Los Angeles riots in 1992. The police killings of Eric Garner and
Yahoo! The 360May 29 2020
News
As Trump Threatens Violence, Biden Offers Empathy and a Promise of “Real Police Reform”
Joe Biden made a promise to the family of George Floyd, the African American man killed by a police officer in Minneapolis last weekend: As president, he will seek justice and enact “real police reform.”
In remarks streamed on YouTube Friday afternoon, the former vice president began by noting that he’d spoken with Floyd’s family earlier in the day. He described the killing as an “act
Mother JonesAug 04 2020
News
Should D.C. be a State?
WHY THIS QUESTION MATTERS: Since the killings of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery, high racial tensions have driven enfranchisement efforts for minorities especially in the Washington D.C. area, which is 46% Black or African American as of July 2019.
On Friday, June 26th, 2020 the House passed a bill to make Washington D.C. the 51st state, which represents the first time a bill of this
The ThreadNov 30 2021
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias Alert: The Waukesha Christmas Parade Attack
Some have accused the media of bias in their reporting of a recent attack in Waukesha, Wisconsin in which at least six people were killed and 62 were injured after a man drove an SUV through a Christmas parade.
Some commentators have accused CNN (Left) and The Washington Post (Lean Left) of committing bias by omission, as their reports did not assign a human agent to the incident and
Julie MastrineJun 04 2020
Analysis
Why these protests are different
There have been uprisings against police brutality and racism before, but this is the country at its exasperation point.
Americans have come out nightly in nearly every US city to demonstrate for the past week. They’ve been attacked by police, tear-gassed, and arrested, and have marched shoulder to shoulder amid a deadly pandemic. Their demand: an end to racism, police brutality, and
VoxJul 08 2020
Opinion
Amid racial injustice and COVID-19, there's still hope America will become a better place
If we can acknowledge that we are all vulnerable now, we have a nearly unprecedented opportunity to weave community in ways that leave us stronger.
A few months ago, before the whole world changed, I moved from Cincinnati to accept a new position with the Aspen Institute in Washington, D.C. I was excited about my new role with Weave: The Social Fabric Project.
A few weeks into
USA TODAYJun 15 2020
News
What Defunding Police Departments Really Means For Black Communities
For Valerie Castile, the heart-wrenching video of George Floyd’s life being extinguished by a Minneapolis police officer, stirred painful emotions. Back in 2016, the Minnesota mother lost her son in what’s become a national crisis: police killing Black people across America.
“I’ve been crying for other people, and I cried for my own child,” said Castile in an exclusive interview with
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