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#SayHerName: On Breonna Taylor's 27th Birthday, Advocates Demand Justice in Shooting Death by Louisville Police
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Racial justice advocates on Friday demanded the three Louisville police
officers who shot Breonna Taylor to death in March be fired immediately
and criminally charged for Taylor's murder.
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'Toxic Culture' of Police Departments Decried After 57 Buffalo Officers Resign in Support of Two in Unit Who Attacked Elderly Man
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"So is 57 officers resigning at once just a few bad apples?"
World Environment Day Provokes Warnings That 'To Care for Humanity, We Must Care for Nature'
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
As a pandemic that's killed over 393,000 people rages on and
demonstrations demanding racial justice continue across the globe, the
international community on Friday marked World Environment Day with
scientifically supported warnings about the importance of protecting
nature for the future of humanity.
'Despicable': Outrage After Trump Declares Friday a 'Great Day' for George Floyd
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"A truly stunning level of tone-deafness."
Economists Warn of Disastrous Consequences as GOP Cites One Positive Jobs Report to Say "We Don't Need" More Relief
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"This is exactly backwards, like stopping an antibiotic prematurely
because you start to feel better."
Minneapolis City Council Taking First Steps to 'Dismantle' Police Department
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Aiming to "dismantle" the Minneapolis Police Department, city councilors
on Friday will vote on imposing a temporary restraining order for the
city's police department in response to the killing of George Floyd last
month.
As CO2 Levels Build Up Like 'Trash in a Landfill,' Earth Has Hottest May on Record
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"This is unquestionably an alarming sign."
Jim Cramer: Coronavirus Pandemic Triggered 'One of the Greatest Wealth Transfers in History'
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Small businesses are "dropping like flies," said the "Mad Money" host.
Dems Introduce Bill to Curb President's Insurrection Act Powers After Trump Threatens to Send Troops to Cities Across US
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
After President Donald Trump threatened to deploy the U.S. military in
response to ongoing protests against police brutality and systemic
racism in cities across the country, a group of Democratic senators on
Thursday introduced legislation to curb the president's power to do so
under the Insurrection Act of 1807.
#WeveSeenEnough Images and Video of Police Violence, Activists Say in Call for Congressional Action
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"We're at the point of saturation. The question is, when is it enough?"
'Deeply Disturbing': New York Supreme Court Judge Rules Protesters Can Be Detained Indefinitely
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"This is suspension of habeas corpus, it is unconstitutional," said Rep.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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The Path Beyond Extinction and Escape: Return to Earth, Regenerate and Share
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by Vandana Shiva
Message for World Environment Day, 5 th June 2020.
Racial Inequality Among Workers in Frontline Industries: Black Workers Are Overrepresented and Undercompensated
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by Hayley Brown, Shawn Fremstad
The history of the United States is the history of exploited black
labor, beginning with slavery and continuing today in the form of
endemic structural racism.
Some Lessons of the American Uprising 2020
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by Joel Wendland-Liu
America has sunk into a crisis for which Trump and his party have no
answers.
Stop the Violence, Stop the Looting
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by Simon Whalley
A good place to start would be at the very top of American society.
What Christ Said
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by Camillo Mac Bica
He said we better get our shit together, he is losing his fucking
patience.
Trump’s Use of Religion Follows Playbook of Authoritarian-leaning Leaders the World Over
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by Laura R. Olson
Where Trump succeeds is in presenting himself as a Christian
nationalist, much as Putin and Modi style themselves as the stout
defenders of their countries' dominant religions.
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Amid National Emergency, Trump to Strip Ocean Protections
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350 Action: It's Time for Trump to Resign
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