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"It's different this time": How nationwide protests are creating momentum for real changeThe fight against structural racism in the United States has never felt as focused or widely sustained as it does in this moment. In an effort to dismantle the racism that has long pervaded every crevice of this country, thousands of protesters have…By Shanté Cosme |
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What does "defund the police" really mean?By Ray Levy-UyedaWhen the first Black Lives Matter protests began, protesters demanded some important incremental changes: body cameras, implicit bias training, and community oversight boards. Local munic****lities won these reforms, but now, amidst protests… |
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How the George Floyd protests forced newsrooms to confront their failures on raceBy Shawn CookeTom Cotton’s op-ed for The New York Times, which initially ran with the headline “Send in the Troops,” opened the floodgates. The piece argued for the President to use military force against demonstrators protesting the killing of George Floyd by… |
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The lethality of "non-lethal" weaponsBy Jonathan SmithOver the past week police officers have attacked peaceful demonstrators protesting after the killing of George Floyd with pepper spray, tear gas, rubber and wooden bullets, and batons, among other creative forms of violence. Intended to subdue… |
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Can Virgil Abloh ever bounce back?By Jeff IhazaLast year, the fas***on designer Virgil Abloh inspired controversy on social media after he posted an Instagram Story featuring members of his design team. Abloh, who became the first Black menswear artistic director at Louis Vuitton in 2018, was… |
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"We need you out here:" A firsthand account of Brooklyn's protest for George FloydBy Shanté CosmeOn Friday morning, during an unusually somber Zoom call, Mic’s editorial team unpacked the chaos that had besieged Minneapolis as protesters demanded justice for George Floyd. The city had been looted and burned, a police station torched while… |
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This is what it looks like when no one is in controlBy Rafi SchwartzI woke up this morning with smoke on the horizon, the sound of helicopters in the air, and the lingering sense that no one knows what's going to happen next. For the past three nights, Minneapolis (and as of Thursday, St. Paul as well) has been… |
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Why I’m celebrating Pride by protesting police brutalityBy Tracey Anne DuncanMany people think of Pride as sort of a s***y g*** glitter parade, but the first Pride was actually a riot. Don’t get it twisted. Pride is definitely still the best party of the year, but it’s a party that has its roots in radical resistance against… |
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5 ways to show up for Black Americans if you can't protestBy Melissa PandikaIn response to the murder of George Floyd — an unarmed Black man who was killed by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on May 25 — there's been an eruption of protests across the country. Collective pain and rage over a long history of police… |
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Meet the activists who created an ever-growing Google Doc of police violence across AmericaBy AJ DellingerThe killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer has sparked weeks of ongoing protests against police brutality and injustice across the country and the world. Law enforcement agencies in the United States have responded to these public… |
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How much longer until Trump's troops kill someone?By Rafi SchwartzIt's probably a bad sign when the president of the United States can issue two not-so-veiled threats about using the military against Americans less than 12 hours apart, and it feels more or less like an ordinary Thursday morning. That, however, is… |
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Is it safe to stay in a hotel right now?By Paloma Beamer and Elizabeth MarderAfter nearly three months of quarantine, millions of Americans are ready to travel — an overnight trip, a weekend getaway, a summer sojourn. With states reopening, that’s now possible, with a caveat. Before coronavirus, few people likely thought… |
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How to deal if work and other responsibilities feel pointless right nowBy Melissa Pandika“Work feels so pointless,” my sister sighed, during our video chat last week, as protests against the police violence that killed George Floyd sprung up across the country. She’d let her work pile up and struggled to climb out of bed. I can relate;… |
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ICE agents are lurking at protests and making arrestsBy Ray Levy-UyedaAcross the country protesters hitting the streets in the wake of George Floyd's killing have encountered heavily armed police, often dressed in riot gear. For protesters s***elded by nothing more than a mask to protect against coronavirus, the police… |
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HBO Max removed 'Gone With the Wind' because it's racist. Now conservatives are madBy Shawn CookeIf “owning the libs by watching Gone With the Wind” appeared on your bingo card for the year, it just might be your lucky day. In one of the stranger developments to emerge from the past two weeks of social upheaval, the nascent streaming service… |
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The music industry will finally stop calling Black music "urban"By Shawn CookeOn Wednesday, the Recording Academy announced a number of rules and category changes for next year’s Grammy Awards. Most notably, the awards have refas***oned the “urban contemporary” category as “Best Progressive R&B Album.” It’s been a heavily… |
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André 3000 releases new Black Lives Matter merch for charityBy Shawn CookeAndré 3000 has released a new line of t-s***rts to benefit the Movement for Black Lives. For the next three days, 13 s***rts will be available on his webstore, modeled after jumpsuits he wore on OutKast’s 2014 festival tour. The black long-sleeve… |
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Could the desperate race for coronavirus drugs lead the FDA to lower its standards?By Leigh TurnerGiven the death, suffering, social disruption, and economic devastation caused by COVID-19, there is an urgent need to quickly develop therapies to treat this disease and prevent the spread of the virus. But the Food and Drug Administration, charged… |
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The Trump administration just made it okay to inhumanely hunt baby animalsBy AJ DellingerThe Trump administration is getting ready to turn hunting in Alaska's national preserves into a free-for-all. A new rule, published Tuesday by the National Park Service, will undo prohibitions on hunting and baiting tactics put in place by the Obama… |
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Scientists think they finally solved the mystery behind Earth's first ma*** extinctionBy Tebany YuneThe Earth has gone through five ma*** extinctions, and is now experiencing its sixth. The causes of our current event are pretty obvious, but until last month the underlying reason behind the planet’s first ma*** extinction some 444 million years ago… |
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The fall of Greg Gla***man and the overwhelming whiteness of CrossFitBy Joseph LamourCrossFit has had one h**** of a week. A series of racist statements regarding the police killing of George Floyd made by founder and chief executive Greg Gla***man has led to a wave of backlash, nixed partners***ps, and now: his resignation. Perhaps… |
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Javier Ambler was killed by police last year. The incident was filmed by a cop docuseriesBy Rafi SchwartzIt's been more than a year since Javier Ambler was killed by law enforcement officials, after a 22-minute police chase which began when Ambler, who was Black, reportedly failed to dim his headlights for oncoming traffic. Police detained Ambler on… |
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As the economy slowly recovers, Black workers are being left behindBy Vanessa TaylorBecause of the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. unemployment rate rose to nearly 15%, which is the highest rate since the Great Depression. Recent data suggested that unemployment rates may be falling once again, as the country's coronavirus response… |
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As calls to defund the police get louder, Biden proposes a $300 million funding increaseBy Rafi SchwartzAmid a rising chorus of calls to defund, dismantle, and abolish police departments across the country, former vice president and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has responded to the growing movement to reimagine law enforcement… |
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After 60% of incarcerated people tested positive for coronavirus, LA County says it will test everyoneBy Ray Levy-UyedaAt least 60% of those incarcerated in Los Angeles County jails, one of the largest county jail systems in the country, have been infected with COVID-19. But it wasn't until last week, after officials confirmed the first coronavirus death of a person… |
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Georgia's primary was, perhaps unsurprisingly, a mess By Ray Levy-UyedaMalfunctioning machines, poorly trained poll workers, and long lines — these are just some of the hurdles voters navigated Tuesday as they hit the polls to cast their ballots in Georgia's primary. The election was postponed from its earlier date to… |
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How the George Floyd protests forced newsrooms to confront their failures on raceBy Shawn CookeTom Cotton’s op-ed for The New York Times, which initially ran with the headline “Send in the Troops,” opened the floodgates. The piece argued for the President to use military force against demonstrators protesting the killing of George Floyd by… |
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Meet the activists who created an ever-growing Google Doc of police violence across AmericaBy AJ DellingerThe killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer has sparked weeks of ongoing protests against police brutality and injustice across the country and the world. Law enforcement agencies in the United States have responded to these public… |
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These are the states where coronavirus is still on the riseBy Melissa PandikaCoronavirus is no longer just a coastal, big-city thing. Although metropolitan areas like New York City and Detroit were hard hit earlier in the pandemic, rural and inland areas are now seeing a rise in cases, the Was***ngton Post reports. So far… |
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Microsoft replaced its human editors with an A.I. that's already making racist mistakesBy Tebany YuneIn late May, Microsoft laid off approximately 77 editorial workers in a switch to an automated system that would rely on A.I. to choose news articles and content to feature on MSN.com and other Microsoft news apps. The move was a particularly… |
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