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Peter Navarro: Covid-19 ‘was product of Chinese Communist party’ President returns to campaign trail at muted Oklahoma event Trump says he ordered coronavirus testing to ‘slow down’ US attorney behind inquiries into Trump allies resigns John Bolton: judge declines to block tell-all Trump book LIVE Updated Trade adviser Peter Navarro: ‘We know that virus was […] More
Some societies center on social control, others on social investment. Social-control societies put substantial resources into police, prisons, surveillance, immigration enforcement and the military. Their purpose is to utilize fear, punishment and violence, to maintain what they consider order. Social-investment societies put more resources into healthcare, education, affordable housing, jobless benefits and children. Their purpose […] More
President ignores experts and local concerns to stage event Oklahoma experiences Covid-19 increase as it reopens Protesters topple Confederate statue in Washington DC US attorney refuses to resign despite Barr announcement LIVE Updated Supporters of Donald Trump gather to attend a campaign rally at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Photograph: Win McNamee/Getty Images 9.20pm […] More
Move comes amid continued protests over racism and policing Brookings scholar: ‘This is the big domino to fall’ A protester at Town Field Park in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, on Friday. Photograph: Chuck Nacke/Rex/Shutterstock The Associated Press has changed its influential writing style guide to capitalize the “b” in the term Black when referring […] More
President warns ‘protesters, anarchists, agitators, looters or lowlifes’ will be treated more harshly than they have been in liberal-run cities What is Juneteenth – and should it be a federal holiday? ‘In 1921, a white mob burned “Black Wall Street” down. We still feel that legacy today’ Juneteenth: activists inherit historic battle for racial justice […] More
Why antiracist protests are achieving more progress under Trump than Obama Cas Mudde Between Trump, Covid-19, and police brutality, America is a perfect political storm. But the left must keep fighting even if Biden wins The words ‘Black Lives Matter’ are painted on Fulton Street in Brooklyn. Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA The US is now in […] 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
Riots helped elect Nixon in 1968. Can Trump benefit from fear and loathing too? Protesters take to the streets of Brooklyn, New York, demanding an end to police brutality and systemic racism after the death of George Floyd, on 5 June. Photograph: Ashley Gilbertson/VII/Redux/eyevine Trump has echoed Nixon by casting himself as a ‘law and […] More
