The call to “reopen” society isn’t just about stores and bars; it’s about reopening ourselves to the reality of a system that is built on racism, violence, and injustice. by: Randall Amster A protester wears […]
“It’s a great day for him, it’s a great day for everybody,” the president says of the man whose death sparked nationwide protests. Donald Trump has suggested George Floyd will be pleased about US job […]
by P. SAINATH Photo: Sudarshan Sakharkar. “The movement of individuals shall remain ‘strictly prohibited’ between 7 pm and 7 am except for essential activities.” – Ministry of Home Affairs circular (as reported by India Today, May 17) […]
by: NICOLAS J S DAVIES – MEDEA BENJAMIN Photo: CODEPINK On June 1, President Trump threatened to deploy active-duty U.S. military forces against peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters in cities across America. Trump and state governors […]
by: MORGAN PALUMBO – JESSICE DRAPER Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair It was a bare-knuckle brawl of the first order. It took place in Washington, D.C., and it resulted in a KO. The winners? Lobbyists and […]
by KATHLEEN WALLACE At last glance it looks like we are up to almost 600 documented episodes of police violence during the George Floyd protests. An attorney and mathematician have compiled a google doc titled “GeorgeFloyd […]
by: JESSE JACKSON As the worldwide demonstrations continue two weeks after the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis policeman, the question is whether outrage will lead to real reforms? Fundamental reforms would begin with ending […]
WASHINGTON – This week, Donald Trump deployed military forces to cities across the country against those protesting the brutal murder of George Floyd and ongoing anti-Black police violence. 350 Action’s North America director Tamara Toles O’Laughlin gave […]
Where Trump succeeds is in presenting himself as a Christian nationalist, much as Putin and Modi style themselves as the stout defenders of their countries’ dominant religions. by: Laura R. Olson Public opinion polls have […]
America has sunk into a crisis for which Trump and his party have no answers. by: Joel Wendland-Liu As the protests spread to every state and were met with violent police aggression, mass arrests, beatings, […]