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T he word “violence” is going to be used a lot to describe the events in US cities over the weekend and all this week. So it’s going to be important to be clear about who is violent and what violence is. Property destruction and harming human beings are profoundly different actions, and with a […] More
Fires light up Washington DC on third night of protests Trump fled to bunker as protests over raged outside White House ‘He is a destroyer’: how the protests left Donald Trump exposed Rage and anguish: how the US papers have covered the protests Get a fresh perspective on America – sign up to our First […] More
‘He is a destroyer’: how the George Floyd protests left Donald Trump exposed As cities reel under protest and violence, Black Lives Matter leaders say the president has failed his country George Floyd protests: live coverage Robert Reich: the Trump presidency is over Donald Trump walks across the South Lawn of the White House on […] More
George Floyd: Donald Trump under fire as violence flares across America President tweets from White House as cities struggle Democrat Val Demings: ‘We need leadership’ George Floyd protests: live coverage Dispatch from Minneapolis: the night the city cracked down Police hold a perimeter near the White House in the early morning hours of Sunday. Photograph: […] More
Protests have erupted across the US, from coast to coast and north to south, in reaction to the killing of George Floyd, an African American man in Minneapolis who died under the knee of a white police officer last Monday. Major cities from New York to Los Angeles and Miami to Seattle have seen a […] More
Fire, pestilence and a country at war with itself: the Trump presidency is over Robert Reich A pandemic unabated, an economy in meltdown, cities in chaos over police killings. All our supposed leader does is tweet Donald Trump looks back as he boards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Saturday. […] More
Protests rock cities across US as anger over killing spreads Atlanta police chief: ‘black lives being diminished’ Officer in George Floyd killing charged with murder Get a fresh perspective on America – sign up to our First Thing newsletter LIVE Updated Play Video 1:22 Protests spread across US in response to George Floyd killing – […] More
Political leaders in Kentucky have condemned rightwing protesters against the state’s measures to fight the coronavirus, after the demonstrators hanged an effigy of Democratic state governor Andy Beshear from a tree. The incident happened on Sunday during a protest in favor of gun rights and other mostly conservative causes. Several men produced a rope and […] More
