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Drivers target Black Lives Matter protesters in 'horrifying' spate of attacks
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US is 'still knee deep in first wave' of coronavirus, warns Fauci – live
Fauci: US still has ‘record breaking’ numbers Trump book says president was ‘abused’ by bullying father New York imposes $150m penalty on Deutsche Bank over Epstein link Poll: Americans trust governors more than Trump Sign up to our First Thing newsletter LIVE Updated More
If a Statue Offends My Sister, It Also Offends Me
Since the toppling of the statue of slaver Edward Colston in Bristol last month, a stream of articles, many by white writers, have called for such monuments to be placed in museums. These writers argue that, with sensitive curation, such statues can act to educate a public ignorant of the suffering inflicted by abusive systems […] More
Black Lives Matter Shines the Spotlight on the Shadow of Slavery
The Black Lives Matter movement has been sweeping advanced liberal democracies, from the United States to Western Europe, impacting even those countries, such as Switzerland, comparatively marginally involved in the slave trade. Black Lives Matter confronts all of these societies with their historical role in the trafficking and exploitation of human beings, whose only “defect” […] More
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US politics: Russian bounty payments claim sparks Trump briefing row – live updates
Reports: ‘Russian bounties’ intelligence was in Trump daily briefing EU bans travelers from US Health workers filed more than 4,000 complaints about protective gear Friends and family pay tribute to Elijah McClain Arizona and other states revers reopening Sign up to our First Thing newsletter LIVE Updated Play Video Dr Fauci testifies at US senate […] More
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Supreme court strikes down abortion restriction in major victory for campaigners – live
Court ruled Louisiana law is unconstitutional Florida scientist says leadership asked her to change numbers Trump: I wasn’t told about ‘Russian bounties’ plot Global deaths from coronavirus pass half a million Trump retweets video of couple pointing guns at protesters Sign up to our First Thing newsletter LIVE Updated The US supreme court in Washington. […] More
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Masha Gessen: 'I never thought I'd say it, but Trump is worse than Putin'
Interview Lisa O’Kelly Four years ago, the author predicted that Trump would transform the US into an autocracy. Now, Gessen believes the country is in a revolutionary moment Read an extract from Masha Gessen’s Surviving Autocracy ‘They both have this contempt for excellence, they both have a hatred of government’: Presidents Trump and Putin at […] More
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Trump requests toppled Confederate statue in DC be restored – report
Donald Trump has personally requested that a statue of a Confederate general be put back up after protesters in Washington DC tore the monument down, according to NBC News. The networked reported that the US president had called interior secretary David Bernhardt and asked the Park Service to restore the fallen monument to Brigadier Gen […] More
