Workers rally outside the Trump International Hotel in Manhattan and the Massachusetts Statehouse, among other places, to protest systemic racism and economic inequality.
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House leaders ‘alarmed’ federal officers policing protests
Democratic lawmakers want an investigation ‘into the use of federal law enforcement … to suppress First Amendment protected activities’ in cities across the U.S.
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Chicago police, protesters clash during bid to topple Columbus statue
Four protesters and 18 officers are injured and at least 12 people are arrested.
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Oregon officials decry militarized federal agents after protest clashes
Rallies against systemic racism and police brutality are a nightly feature in deeply liberal Portland since Minneapolis police killed George Floyd on May 25.
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Thousands of French protesters mark 2016 death of Black man in police custody
The festive demonstration and concert honors Adama Traoré, who died on his 24th birthday.
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U.N. chief: World ‘at the breaking point’ due to inequalities
Antonio Guterres calls for ‘massive support’ for developing countries, including debt write-offs.
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A timeline of events in the life of Rep. John Lewis
Rep. John Lewis rose from poverty to become a leader of the civil rights movement before being elected to Congress
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John Lewis, civil rights icon and longtime congressman, dies at 80
Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from Southern battlegrounds of the 1960s to the halls of Congress, announced late last year that he had advanced pancreatic cancer.
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Maine Voices: Portland city manager position should be abolished
Decisions that defund public health – like closing the India Street Positive Health Clinic – devalue the needs of Black and Latinx Mainers.
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Letter: Balentine needs to stop and listen before responding
I read with dismay John Balentine’s July 9 editorial regarding the possibility of a Black Lives Matter mural in Portland. I suspect (or hope) that some on your staff cringed when reading Mr. Balentine’s old school, worn out response to the legitimate concerns of people of color in this country. One of his most disturbing […]