Are White People Finally Coming Around on Police Brutality?
For a long time there’s been a huge black-white gulf in opinions about police brutality: Black people think it’s common while white people think it’s rare. In a 1968 poll taken after the 1967 riots, for example, 51 percent of Black respondents said police brutality was a major cause of the riots. Only 10 percent…
California and COVID-19: The Good News and the Bad
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Attorney General Barr Says the Law Enforcement System Is Not Racist
Evan Vucci/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On CBS’s Face the Nation on Sunday, Attorney General William Barr acknowledged that though racism exists, he doesn’t think the criminal justice system that disproportionately arrests, imprisons, and kills Black people is racist. “I think there’s racism in the United…
Trump Pulls Out National Guard After Thousands Protest in Washington, DC
Protesters next to a National Guard Humvee in Washington, DC, last week. Samuel Corum/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This morning, as protesters were expected to hit the streets of the nation’s capital for a 10th day of demonstrations against racist police violence, President Donald Trump tweeted…
Coronavirus Growth in Western Countries: June 6 Update
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“Ring Down the Curtain”: What Protests Mean for a Nation Already in Crisis
A protester holds up a portrait of George Floyd during a “Black Lives Matter” demonstration in front of the Brooklyn Library and Grand Army Plaza on June 5, 2020 in Brooklyn, New York.Angela Weiss/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This piece was originally published in Grist and appears…