Month: June 2020

The Minnesota Department of Human Rights has filed a civil rights charge against the Minneapolis Police Department to investigate systemic discriminatory practices over the last decade, a move welcomed by local lawmakers who say police oversight has been constrained by state law. What do you think?

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Essayist Sejal Shah brings important, refreshing, and depressing observations about what it means to have dark skin and an “exotic” name, when the only country you’ve ever lived in is America.

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Talib Babb humorously describes a set of socia-media challenges, like the “Put on Jeans” Challenge, that are difficult and not fun to do and therefore have not really caught on during the coronavirus quarantine.

Comedian Hasan Minhaj recently returned to Netflix with his award-winning show, Patriot Act, after it was initially postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Jay-Z has taken out a full-page ad to run across several major newspapers this week featuring part of a speech from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and signed by families of police violence victims, activists, attorneys, and celebrities to honor the life of George Floyd. What do you think?

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WASHINGTON—In a powerful effort to bring unity to a fractured populace, President Donald Trump delivered a healing address to citizens Wednesday that his face would be the last thing they see before they die. “My fellow Americans, in this time of great distress, I urge you to look at my face and understand that it…

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The lawsuit filed this week in federal court alleges that the organization, which lends books online for free, amounts to a “piracy site” that has been eluding copyright law for years.

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In Five Days, Moore chronicles the uprising that occurred in Baltimore following Gray’s death. “We’re basically reliving history right now,” he says of Floyd’s death at the hands of police.

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Gabrielle Drolet offers a humorous take on people’s twenties, treating them as video-game achievements.

WASHINGTON—Democratic leaders announced Wednesday that they have learned the words “systemic racism” and that they were very excited to have done so. “We have been informed of the phrase ‘systemic racism,’ and, beyond that, we plan to use it in several sentences,” said Minority Leader Chuck Schumer in an impromptu…

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