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Presumptive Democratic nominee Biden has said he will support study of reparations, representing a sea change on the issue In the weeks after George Floyd died, an embodiment of the violent oppression black Americans have endured makes supporters of reparations newly hopeful. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images As the American civil war reached its bloody end […] 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
Oklahoma Tulsa still haunted by memory of white supremacist massacre on eve of Trump visit The president prepares to hold a rally in a city where, in 1921, up to 300 people were murdered in one of the most horrific acts of racist violence in US history A mural in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where in 1921 […] More
The president’s decision to hold his first rally since the coronavirus lockdown in Tulsa, Oklahoma, has ignited fresh controversy. The city was home to one of America’s worst ever acts of racial violence in 1921, a moment marked in recent Black Lives Matter protests, and Oklahoma is now seeing a new wave of coronavirus infections. […] More
Facebook The social media giant had been facing increased pressure to take a stronger stance against the president’s hateful rhetoric Facebook has removed ads run by Donald Trump’s reelection campaign that featured a Nazi symbol. Photograph: Richard Drew/AP Facebook has removed a number of posts and ads run by Donald Trump’s re-election campaign that featured […] More
Marc Lotter says some people should stay away, but defends Trump’s decision to hold indoor rally during pandemic Supporters of Donald Trump camp outside the venue for his upcoming rally in Tulsa on Wednesday. Photograph: Lawrence Bryant/Reuters A senior Trump campaign official has advised those at high risk of severe illness from Covid-19 not to […] More
Oklahoma Planned visit puts spotlight on massacre, where 300 black people were killed in one of the worst single acts of race violence in the US Freeman Culver stands in front of a mural listing the names of businesses destroyed during the Tulsa race massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Photograph: Sue Ogrocki/AP Donald Trump’s decision to […] 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
