[Trump’s Presidency of Corruption]
Hastings: “Organized crime carried on as usual, figuring out how to use punked legislators to enrich the wealthy even more at the direct expense of everyone who pays taxes.”
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Armed Protests And The Dangers of Another U.S. Civil War
[NFAC\George Floyd]
Koehler: “Several hundred mostly Black, mostly armed men and women marched through the iconic Confederate “theme park” that features an enormous carving of Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson and Jefferson Davis.”
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Language of Voter Suppression Crucial in Purging Black Vote
[Voter Suppression]
Moss: “The language of vote suppression has played a crucial role since Emancipation placed the issue of suffrage, the suffrage of a newly emancipated people, at the forefront of public debate.”
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Is America Finally Acknowledging Its Wretched Past to Change Future?
[George Floyd Aftermath]
Koehler: “What matters about the present moment is that change seems to be coming from multiple directions, both outside and within the corridors of political and economic power.”
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American Policing Like America’s Military Should be Defunded
[American Policing & Militarism]
Myers: “Militarism has always been rationalized by the ancient Roman bromide: if you want peace, prepare for war. With the deaths of George Floyd and too many others, this has become a deeply questionable notion.”
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Will U.S. Military Have to Remove Trump After He Loses 2020 Election?
[2020 Elections\Donald Trump]
Gurtov: “Former defense department officials recently wrote to urge that military leaders ‘get ahead of Trump’s temptations and insinuations and vow publicly they will only support a peaceful, democratic transition of power.”
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George Floyd Protests And “CHAZCHOP” Show Pathway Toward Change
[George Floyd\CHOP]
Koehler: Protesters then declared a small, cordoned-off area to be police-free. Initially known as CHAZ…it eventually became CHOP…the area maintained a certain organized autonomy — complete with patrolling paramedics and sentinels.”
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NASCAR: Noose Left in Black Driver Bubba Wallace’s Stall
[NASCAR\Bubba Wallace]
NASCAR said in a statement that the noose was discovered in the late afternoon, on a day when its Cup Series race in Alabama — the first to have any fans in attendance since the organization banned all displays of the Confederate flag.
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Why Do Americans Celebrate Confederate Statues of American Traitors?
[Confederate Statues]
Entin: Where is Benedict Arnold National Park, or a monument to the brave Kamikaze pilots who served so gallantly in World War II? Is there a memorial to the Luftwaffe in the middle of London to commemorate their great work during the Blitz?”
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Rayshard Brooks Like So Many Blacks Killed by State-Sanctioned Police Violence
[Rayshard Brooks\Police Violence]
Laven: “Rayshard Brooks, like so many other people of color killed by police, should still be alive. In 2016, for example, fewer than one in three Black people killed by police were armed or suspected of a violent crime.”
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