DC bishop: Trump’s church photo-op was ‘usurpation of our sacred space’
Protesters were tear-gassed and removed from Lafayette Square so Trump could pose for a photo holding a Bible.
By Oliver Willis - June 29, 2020Protesters were tear-gassed and removed from Lafayette Square so Trump could pose for a photo holding a Bible.
By Oliver Willis - June 29, 2020Interior Department inspector general Mark Greenblatt has been assigned to investigate law enforcement actions in Lafayette Park.
By Associated Press - June 22, 2020Joe Biden’s campaign said the tear-gassing of peaceful protesters to enable a Trump photo-op ‘reflected profound weakness.’
By Associated Press - June 21, 2020Health experts have warned that Trump’s rally planned for this weekend in Oklahoma could spread COVID-19 to hundreds of people.
By Oliver Willis - June 17, 2020One expert called the executive order, which does little to overhaul policing, ‘a Band-Aid for a bullet wound.’
By Associated Press - June 17, 2020The shots were fired as protesters tried to pull down a statue of Juan de Oñate, who began the Spanish colonization of New Mexico.
By Emily Singer - June 16, 2020Black activists are remaining cautious as the movement goes mainstream.
By Associated Press - June 14, 2020Volunteers on the scene are working to gather up the items and keep them safe.
By Associated Press - June 13, 2020Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) is ignoring evidence of violence carried out by far-right groups.
By Dan Desai Martin - June 12, 2020Demonstrators across the country are speaking out about deaths in their own hometowns.
By Associated Press - June 12, 2020The movement to pull down Confederate monuments in the United States has extended to statues of slave traders, imperialists, conquerors, and explorers around the world.
By Associated Press - June 12, 2020Americans support NFL players kneeling in protest of racist police brutality — something Trump has repeatedly condemned.
By Dan Desai Martin - June 11, 2020‘I should not have been there,’ Gen. Mark Milley said.
By Associated Press - June 11, 2020Cotton’s latest ad, which accuses Joe Biden of weakness on China, also mocks the former vice president’s stutter.
By Josh Israel - June 10, 2020Donald Trump has repeatedly blamed violence on anti-fascists.
By Josh Israel - June 10, 2020Jacksonville, Florida, Mayor Lenny Curry thinks Trump’s renomination will be a ‘world class’ event.
By Josh Israel - June 10, 2020The mayor of a New Jersey town condemned a counterprotester who knelt on another man’s neck to mock the death of George Floyd.
By Emily Singer - June 10, 2020Des Moines police entered the Blazing Saddle last week after staff members provided first aid to injured protesters.
By Casey Quinlan - June 08, 2020Alternate realities pervaded the world described by Trump and his team over the past week.
By Associated Press - June 08, 2020What antifa is — and what it isn’t.
By Associated Press - June 06, 2020Also: A symbol of racism will come down in Virginia, and public schools in Portland, Oregon, are ‘discontinuing’ the presence of police officers.
By Dan Desai Martin - June 05, 2020A Park Police spokesperson initially said ‘it was a mistake on our part’ to describe the chemical compounds used on the crowd as tear gas, before later issuing a new statement saying the opposite.
By Dan Desai Martin - June 05, 2020Images of police brutalizing demonstrators continue to surface as Americans take to the streets to protest racism and police violence.
By Emily Singer - June 05, 2020‘Richmond is no longer the capital of the Confederacy,’ said the city’s mayor.
By Dan Desai Martin - June 05, 2020Twitter and Facebook busted some of the groups behind unsubstantiated social media posts.
By Associated Press - June 05, 2020Michigan state Rep. Gary Eisen posted a photo on social media of several magazines of ammunition days before a planned NAACP protest.
By Dan Desai Martin - June 04, 2020The Republican Attorneys General Association lashed out at the attorney general of Massachusetts after she called for racial justice.
By Dan Desai Martin - June 04, 2020Republican Reps. Tom Emmer and Steve Scalise refused to condemn attacks on peaceful American protesters.
By Dan Desai Martin - June 03, 2020The press secretary said Trump posing in front of a church for three minutes was a ‘leadership moment.’
By Oliver Willis - June 03, 2020Streets remained mostly calm on Tuesday as Donald Trump demanded military intervention against protesters.
By Associated Press - June 03, 2020