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Play Video 2:13 Joe Biden has addressed the killing of George Floyd and the protests that his death has sparked. During a speech in Philadelphia, the Democratic presidential candidate said Floyd’s last words, ‘I can’t breathe’, were a ‘wake-up call for our nation’. Biden also sought to draw a clear distinction between himself and Donald Trump, saying […] More
E very few years, being black becomes a macabre spectacle. What is usually a complicated private identity becomes a public one. A black man is killed by a white police officer in the United States, and suddenly the world is attuned to your race. Suddenly, the world is trying to help. It’s trying to amplify […] More
As protests unfold night after night in city streets across the United States, President Donald Trump, never previously accused of being camera shy, was nowhere to be seen. The New York Times reports on his newfound taste for discretion: “The president spent Sunday out of sight, berating opponents on Twitter, even as some of his […] More
America isn’t breaking. It was already broken, and these are just the symptoms Andrew Gawthorpe It’s not just the pandemic, or the killing of George Floyd, or Trump – it’s centuries of oppression, like kindling to a fire A protester marches in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Monday. Photograph: Mark Makela/Getty Images Look at America today and […] More
Has Trump declared war on the US to save his own skin? Arwa Mahdawi In a speech on Monday, the president made clear that he will not disappear without a literal fight. Terrifyingly, this may win him another term Donald Trump heads to St John’s Church in Washington DC to pose with a bible after […] More
Trump has reached the ‘mad emperor’ stage, and it’s terrifying to behold Richard Wolffe He incites violence from the safety of a bunker, then orders peaceful people tear-gassed for the sake of a surreal photo op Donald Trump holds a Bible for a photo outside St John’s church across Lafayette Park from the White House […] More
Play Video 1:03 US president Donald Trump has visited the 200-year-old church near the White House that was set on fire as demonstrators clashed with police over the weekend. Beginning with James Madison, every person who has held the office of president has attended a service at St John’s Church. Law enforcement cleared protesters out […] More
Curfew to go into effect for New York City from 11pm to 5am Floyd’s family calls for peaceful protests Pressure grows for other three officers to face charges Minneapolis police chief: all four officers ‘complicit’ in death Obama shares advice on how to make protests ‘a turning point’ Angry Trump calls for tougher approach against […] More
