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Mary McNamara: Nostalgia fuels racism and injustice. Don't fall under its spell again
It's only June but I think it's safe to say that 2020 will go down in history as one terrible, horrible, unrelievedly crazy year. A pandemic, more than 100,000 Americans dead in three months, hospitals overrun, businesses ...Read more
Editorial: Donald Trump cares about his convention, not North Carolina's health. Good riddance
For those who've long wanted Charlotte, N.C., to rid itself of the 2020 Republican National Convention, Donald Trump's tweets on it Tuesday were a strong reminder why.
The president packed a lot of wrong into a handful of...Read more
Trump ignores calls for police reforms
WASHINGTON -- When George Floyd died last week after a Minneapolis police officer pinned him down with a knee on his neck, President Donald Trump reacted much as he had in the past when a black person's fatal encounter ...Read more
Commentary: There can be no getting along without reform
For decades, video cameras have captured incidents of police brutality involving people of color. Yet despite this documented record of cruelty, our criminal justice system has failed to bring justice and accountability to...Read more
Democrats to unveil plan Monday to end police racial profiling, use of force
WASHINGTON -- House and Senate Democrats, led by the Congressional Black Caucus, will announce a legislative initiative Monday to end law enforcement practices of racial profiling and excessive use of force that have ...Read more
Trump campaign's SpaceX launch video violates NASA ad guidelines
President Donald Trump's campaign has released a new video called "Make Space Great Again" that violates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's guidelines for advertising.
The video, which opens with ...Read more
Analysis: Isolated more than ever, Trump is left in crisis by his own missteps
WASHINGTON -- Seldom in his 3 1/2 years in the Oval Office has President Donald Trump appeared so alienated from so many as he has this week.
His decision to invoke a military response to nationwide protests against ...Read more
Francis Wilkinson: Tom Cotton declares his candidacy for 2024
Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas launched his 2024 presidential campaign Wednesday. His op-ed in the New York Times has created a blizzard of protest both within the nation's most elite liberal newspaper (for ...Read more
Cass R. Sunstein: 'Union' is crucial word in Mattis' Trump denunciation
What pushed former Defense Secretary James Mattis over the edge, to denounce President Donald Trump, in the strongest possible terms?
Only the former general knows for sure, but a clue is provided by the title of his ...Read more
GOP Sen. Murkowski says she's 'struggling' with whether to support Trump
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski told reporters criticism levied at President Donald Trump by his former defense secretary is "true, honest, necessary and overdue" and said she is "struggling" with her ...Read more
Commentary: Evangelicals can't bridge racial divides with reconciliation overtures alone
Evangelical leaders hesitated to criticize President Donald Trump after he ordered police and military authorities to use tear gas and rubber bullets to remove peaceful protesters from Lafayette Park near the White House ...Read more
Supreme Court is faulted for shielding police officers from excessive-force claims
WASHINGTON -- Amid nationwide protests over police killings, the Supreme Court is facing pressure to reconsider the legal immunity that often shields officers from being sued for using excessive force, including brutal ...Read more
A tale of two church visits
Both President Donald Trump and candidate Joe Biden visited churches on Monday -- though "visit" is a poor descriptor of what Trump did. Consistent with his life pattern, he didn't actually enter a church. Rather, he ...Read more
Trump's attacks on mail-in voting worry some election officials
WASHINGTON --There is growing concern among election officials and experts that the increasingly partisan debate around voting by mail could sow doubt in the results of the presidential election.
For months, President ...Read more
Editorial: Facebook is contorting itself to accommodate Trump's abuse
Last week, a few hours after accusing "Big Tech" companies of censoring conservatives, President Donald Trump put out an incendiary comment on Twitter and Facebook that seemed designed to bait them into censoring him.
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Eli Lake: The FBI's investigation into Trump and Russia now looks even worse
The FBI's investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential campaign has taken a beating in the last six months. Late last year, the Justice Department's inspector general found the bureau's application to ...Read more
Karl W. Smith: Keep the troops at the protests
President Donald Trump's self-described "law-and-order" strategy to quell protests, as well as the disastrous decision Monday evening to clear out a peaceful demonstration across from the White House so the president could...Read more
Point: A strong hurricane season forecast in context — so what?
Phil Klotzbach and his crew at Colorado State University are out with their first prediction for the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season and it looks like a good year for The Weather Channel and something other than coronavirus...Read more
Editorial: Amidst George Floyd protests, Kamala Harris wants police reform. What took so long?
In the wake of national protests against police brutality and the murder of George Floyd, Sen. Kamala Harris is calling for major police reforms. But given her track record of opposing or remaining silent on similar ...Read more
Commentary: America is at its breaking point and white women still won't stop frivolously calling police on black people
Americans of all stripes are taking to the streets to protest the unjust killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police -- and the larger issues of police brutality and institutional racism in our society. The ...Read more
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- Trump ignores calls for police reforms
- Analysis: Isolated more than ever, Trump is left in crisis by his own missteps
- Democrats to unveil plan Monday to end police racial profiling, use of force
- Trump campaign's SpaceX launch video violates NASA ad guidelines
- Supreme Court is faulted for shielding police officers from excessive-force claims
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