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Amy Klobuchar has withdrawn from consideration to be Joe Biden’s running mate, urging the presumptive Democratic nominee to choose a woman of color instead. The Minnesota senator’s prospects of running as vice president alongside Biden faded after the police killing of George Floyd in the state she represents sparked a nationwide reckoning over police brutality […] More
Charles Booker is less of a long shot to beat Amy McGrath, a centrist former air force pilot, as the Democrats’ pick for a Kentucky Senate seat after weeks of anti-racist protests Charles Booker, 35, is a rookie state representative for Louisville’s predominantly black West End who advocates for universal basic income, the green new […] More
One of the most spectacular shifts of cultural perception currently taking place in the US concerns the symbolic status of the gesture of kneeling. Deemed provocative and unpatriotic only a few months ago by a majority of Americans, prominent people have begun using it as a proof of commitment to their anti-racist commitment to equality. […] More
Amid protests across the US over police brutality and racism, the killing of Rayshard Brooks focused a fierce national spotlight on Atlanta. That harsh glare also fell on two candidates to be Joe Biden’s running mate against Donald Trump in November. Brooks was shot after an arrest became a struggle and the 27-year-old African American […] More
Pandemic, what pandemic? Trump sees mass rallies as path to re-election Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, on 2 March. He is due to resume rallies in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Friday. Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters Tens of thousands of Americans are dead from Covid-19, millions have lost their jobs but the […] More
On the slender shoulders of 77-year-old Joe Biden has fallen a heavy burden: responsibility for defeating Donald Trump and resetting America’s course. Whether the issue is racial injustice, the climate crisis, inequality, Middle East peace or democracy’s future, Biden alone stands between the US and four more years of divisive turmoil at home and dangerous […] More
The Skywalker window: what Democrats must do to destroy Trump’s Death Star Obama speechwriter David Litt’s new book is a guide to what is wrong with US democracy – and how it might be fixed Donald Trump holds a rally at the North Charleston Coliseum in South Carolina in February. Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty […] More
Trump gives address amid tensions with military leaders Has Trump been left behind by America’s awakening on racism? Black candidates and political groups see a surge of support UK protests: BLM counter-demonstrators clash with London police Sign up to our First Thing newsletter LIVE Updated Donald Trump salutes during the national anthem in West Point, […] More
