Throughout the country, street art has forced people to confront and examine our troubling racial realities.
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Unsanitized: Fighting the Virus With the Equivalent of Finger-Crossing
Plus, a Senate hearing on unemployment. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for June 10, 2020.
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The Virus of Frank Rizzo
Tossing the statue of Philadelphia’s former mayor and police chief into a warehouse won’t change the police culture in the country’s sixth-largest city.
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The NYC Curfew Is a Disgrace the NYPD Is Happy to Exploit
There is no curfew in the city, just a blanket justification for cops to act however they want when the sun goes down.
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A Journalist Marked by Police Violence
Linda Tirado, partially blinded by a rubber bullet in Minneapolis protests, remains an important voice against social and economic injustice in America.
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Sending In the Troops: A Brief History
It’s been done for good reasons and bad—but never before for such crass electoral posturing.
