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Facebook groups pivot to attacks on Black Lives Matter
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Facebook groups pivot to attacks on Black Lives Matter

CHICAGO (AP) — A loose network of Facebook groups that took root across the country in April to organize protests…
Wide shift in opinion on police, race rare in US polling
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Wide shift in opinion on police, race rare in US polling

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s rare for public opinion on social issues to change sharply and swiftly. And yet in the…
Images of brutality against Black people spur racial trauma
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Images of brutality against Black people spur racial trauma

Since Wanda Johnson’s son was shot and killed by a police officer in Oakland, California, 11 years ago, she has…
Once again, Congress unable to act during national trauma
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Once again, Congress unable to act during national trauma

WASHINGTON (AP) — For a moment, Congress had a chance to act on a policing overhaul, mobilized by a national…
Icons of 1960s civil rights movement voice cautious optimism
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Icons of 1960s civil rights movement voice cautious optimism

CINCINNATI (AP) — Bob Moses says America is at “a lurching moment” for racial change, potentially as transforming as the…
Pompeo accuses UN body of hypocrisy after condemnation of US police brutality
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Pompeo accuses UN body of hypocrisy after condemnation of US police brutality

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused the United Nations Human Rights Council of hypocrisy on Saturday…
For US blacks, Latinos, no sign of a broadly rising tide
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For US blacks, Latinos, no sign of a broadly rising tide

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police have opened a broader discussion…
UK’s Johnson announces body to probe inequality amid race protests
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UK’s Johnson announces body to probe inequality amid race protests

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was setting up a commission to look at “all aspects of inequality” following race…
Another police killing of a black man stokes US tension, debate
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Another police killing of a black man stokes US tension, debate

The fatal shooting of a black man by a white police officer in Atlanta has poured more fuel on the…
Atlanta police chief resigns after officer kills black man
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Atlanta police chief resigns after officer kills black man

The police chief in the US city of Atlanta resigned after an officer fatally shot a black man during an…
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