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President’s discussion of measure discouraging chokeholds soon shifts to focus on stock market and retail sales Donald Trump signs an executive order on policing in the Rose Garden of the White House on Tuesday. Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock Donald Trump faced renewed criticism on Tuesday for what critics said was a “woeful” attempt at police reform that […] 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
‘Who are we?’ Joe Biden seizes the moment as nation’s attitude shifts on race Democratic candidate appears emboldened by the changed political landscape, embracing a far more ambitious reform agenda than he did when entered the race for president Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden: ‘What do we want to be? How do we see ourselves? […] More
Corona in Corona: how the deadly virus shook a neglected neighborhood A woman wearing a mask in Corona, Queens. Photograph: Ryan Christopher Jones/The Guardian The toll the coronavirus has taken on the Queens neighborhood in NYC tells a story of race, poverty and inequality in America by Amanda Holpuch in New York Main image: A […] More
Donald Trump attempted to solidify his bond with the US army on Saturday, delivering the graduation speech to cadets at the United States Military Academy and boasting of a “colossal” $2tn rebuilding of American martial might. Trump’s West Point speech was studiously vapid, with only a modicum of partisan boasting. But the political setting crackled […] More
Trump stokes division with racism and rage – and the American oligarchy purrs Robert Reich The president is the best thing that ever happened to the corporate elite, a distraction on the lines of the old Jim Crow Donald Trump arrives for a roundtable in Dallas. Photograph: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images Jamie Dimon, chief executive of […] More
Newspaper found in base of marble structure is from 1936, long after the civil war for which Confederate leader is known Workers prepare to remove the Jefferson Davis statue Saturda from the Kentucky capitol in Frankfort. Photograph: Ryan C Hermens/AP Officials supervising the removal of a statue of Jefferson Davis from the Kentucky state capitol […] More
