Facebook The social media giant had been facing increased pressure to take a stronger stance against the president’s hateful rhetoric Facebook has removed ads run by Donald Trump’s reelection campaign that featured a Nazi symbol. Photograph: Richard Drew/AP Facebook has removed a number of posts and ads run by Donald Trump’s re-election campaign that featured […] More
Oklahoma Planned visit puts spotlight on massacre, where 300 black people were killed in one of the worst single acts of race violence in the US Freeman Culver stands in front of a mural listing the names of businesses destroyed during the Tulsa race massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Photograph: Sue Ogrocki/AP Donald Trump’s decision to […] More
Bill is ‘missing real, meaningful accountability for individual officers’ misconduct’ says Chuck Schumer Top UN human rights expert urges US to listen to demands of protesters New video appears to show officer using chokehold on Manuel Ellis Third Confederate statue torn down in Virginia Sign up to our First Thing newsletter LIVE Updated People hold […] More
Just after midnight on Monday 1 June David McAtee was working at his barbecue restaurant in Louisville, Kentucky, when he was shot and killed by the national guard, who had been assisting police during the city’s dusk-to-dawn curfew. According to a video analysis by the New York Times, the fatal outcome was the result of […] More
Riots helped elect Nixon in 1968. Can Trump benefit from fear too? Rayshard Brooks’ death prompts calls for overhaul of police department How US police reforms have failed to stop violence Man shot as New Mexico protesters try to remove conquistador statue Sign up to our First Thing newsletter LIVE Updated Siegfried White, 60, raises […] More
When My-Linh moved from Texas to New York, they knew they wanted to vote in elections without risk of discrimination against their non-binary identity. But the only options on the form to get a state ID are male and female. “The system set in place is very unfair, and it doesn’t give any opportunity for […] More
The Tulsa World newspaper has backed the city’s top public health official in asking Donald Trump not to stage a controversial rally there on Saturday. The paper expressed concern both in terms of public health because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and race relations in light of national protests against police brutality. “We don’t know […] More
Virginia Denver Riggleman beaten in convention in state’s fifth district Hardliner Bob Good could face strong Democratic challenge Denver Riggleman speaks in the House of Representatives. Photograph: AP A Virginia Republican congressman who angered social conservatives in his district when he officiated a gay wedding has lost his party’s nomination. Representative Denver Riggleman lost on […] More
