"America's Moment of Reckoning": Cornel West Says Nationwide Uprising Is Sign of "Empire Imploding" & My Vanishing Country: Mass Protests Rise from 400 Years of Systemic Racism, Says Bakari Sellers & More
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A Class Rebellion: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on How Racism & Racial Terrorism Fueled Nationwide Anger ([link removed])
In the largest nationwide uprising since the 1960s, protesters shut down cities across the United States over the weekend following the police killing of George ... Read More → ([link removed])
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"America's Moment of Reckoning": Cornel West Says Nationwide Uprising Is Sign of "Empire Imploding" ([link removed])
As thousands from coast to coast took to the streets this weekend to protest the state-sanctioned killing of Black people, and the nation faces its largest public ... Read More → ([link removed])
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My Vanishing Country: Mass Protests Rise from 400 Years of Systemic Racism, Says Bakari Sellers ([link removed])
As mass unrest engulfs the U.S., we speak with attorney and political commentator Bakari Sellers, whose new memoir My Vanishing Country was just published. One ... Read More → ([link removed])
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"America Has Looted Black People. We Learned It from You" Says Women's March Activist Tamika Mallory ([link removed])
In a powerful address among people in Minneapolis protesting the police murder of George Floyd, activist and former Women’s March co-chair Tamika Mallory ... Read More → ([link removed])
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Defund Police: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Says Budgets Wrongly Prioritize Cops Over Schools, Hospitals ([link removed])
Calls to defund the police mount after police erupted into violence this weekend in response to widespread protests across the nation, arresting more than 4,000 ... Read More → ([link removed])
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"We Still Don't Have Justice": Bakari Sellers on Enduring Systemic Racism & Healthcare Disparities ([link removed])
As mass unrest engulfs the U.S., we speak with attorney and political commentator Bakari Sellers, whose new memoir, My Vanishing Country, includes the story of ... Read More → ([link removed])
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From the Archives: Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman Sued Minneapolis Police for 2008 False Arrest–And Won ([link removed])
Note from 5/29/20: Following today's arrest of CNN reporter Omar Jimenez in Minneapolis, we are highlighting our past coverage of the 2008 arrest of ... Read More → ([link removed])


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Minneapolis Protests at Epicenter of Nationwide Uprising Met with More Police Violence ([link removed])

Louisville Police Shoot and Kill Man at Protest ([link removed])

New Yorkers Take to Streets Around City, Shut Down Traffic as NYPD Arrests Hundreds, Attacks Peaceful Crowds ([link removed])

Rep. Joyce Beatty and Two Columbus City Officials Pepper-Sprayed by Ohio Police ([link removed])

Video Shows 9-Year-Old Seattle Child in Distress After Reportedly Being Maced by Police ([link removed])

Protesters Rally in Front of Capitol, White House, as Trump Retreats to Presidential Bunker ([link removed])

Black Sacramento Teen Recovering After Being Shot in Face with Rubber Bullet ([link removed])

Atlanta Police Officers Fired After Tasing Two Students ([link removed])

Reporters Targeted, Attacked by Police While Covering Protests ([link removed])

Trump Tweets Plan to Designate Antifa a Terrorist Group ([link removed])

Black Transgender Man Tony McDade Shot and Killed by Tallahassee Police ([link removed])

Trump Pulls U.S. Out of World Health Organization ([link removed])

Coronavirus Surges in Brazil, Peru, Chile as Epicenter of Pandemic Shifts to Latin America ([link removed])

SCOTUS Says CA Can Restrict Church Services as Coronavirus Cases Mount ([link removed])

Journalist and Driver Killed in Kabul, Afghanistan, Bombing ([link removed])

Israeli Soldiers Kill Unarmed Autistic Palestinian Man in Occupied East Jerusalem ([link removed])

Four More Women Accuse Harvey Weinstein of Rape, Sexual Assault ([link removed])


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"We Still Don't Have Justice": Bakari Sellers on Enduring Systemic Racism & Healthcare Disparities ([link removed])

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