Earlier curfews and efforts by protesters to contain the lawlessness were credited with preventing more widespread damage to businesses in New York and other cities overnight.
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The Latest: Thousands in Europe decry racial injustice, police violence
The latest news on protests against police brutality and racism around the U.S.: LONDON — Thousands of people demonstrated in London on Wednesday against police violence and racial injustice following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, which has set off days of unrest in the United States. In Athens, police fired tear gas to […]
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DC officials push back on aggressive response to protests
The federal government has deployed law enforcement officials from numerous agencies, and National Guard troops from a number of states have been sent to the District of Columbia.
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AP sources: White House softens on sending troops to states
President Donald Trump appears to be privately backing off his threat to deploy troops to the states in order to quell protests over police brutality
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Confederate monuments targeted by protests come down
The base of a Confederate monument in Alabama is all that remains Tuesday morning in Birmingham’s Linn Park.
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USM plans for equity training, scholarships in response to Floyd death
The university will be expanding racial equity training to include campus police and prioritizing scholarship funding for students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
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Human Rights Watch calls for Tulsa Race Massacre reparations a century after violence
The massacre began on May 31, 1921, when a white mob descended on Greenwood, a prosperous African American community. Historians believe as many as 300 black people were killed.
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Race, class and an island in Maine all play a role in this sprawling family saga
In ‘The Guest Book,’ the secrets and lies told by the Milton family over generations – to outsiders and to each other – begin to unravel.
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Book review: Race, privilege and toilet duty: Life at Harvard for a black freshman in 1959
In ‘The Last Negroes at Harvard,’ Kent Garrett recalls his undergraduate days, and not fondly.
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Oscar-winning ‘Hair Love’ director calls attention to efforts to ban race-based hair discrimination
Matthew Cherry, a former NFL player, won in the animated short film category.