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    US Capitol Police braces for ‘possible’ attack on Congress

    Warning comes as House leaders cancel plans for Thursday session

  • Wednesday, 3 March, 2021
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    Germany’s remembrance culture fails to protect present day Jews

    Too few Germans interact with the Jewish community say volunteers of the ‘Meet-a-Jew’ project

  • Tuesday, 23 February, 2021
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    Scientific history should not be set in stone

    Our view of the past been updated with every generation and was politically biased to begin with

  • Wednesday, 3 February, 2021
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    Tangled Up in Blue: Policing the American City, by Rosa Brooks

    A law professor’s account of patrolling the streets as a volunteer cop gets under the skin of the policing problem

  • Saturday, 23 January, 2021
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    Kamala Harris’s college sorority rejoices in her rise

    Vice-president’s fellow members at Alpha Kappa Alpha played a part in her election

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    How the far-right fell into line behind Donald Trump

    Outgoing president has served as a beacon for a motley crew of extremists, scholars say

  • Saturday, 9 January, 2021
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    Racial double standard seen in policing of US Capitol rampage

    Leniency shown toward white rioters prompts renewed calls to overhaul criminal justice system

  • Tuesday, 5 January, 2021
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    Officer who shot black man in Kenosha will not face charges

    Incident that paralysed Jacob Blake touched off wave of protests and unrest in Wisconsin town

  • Friday, 25 December, 2020
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    Protest movements abounded even as the pandemic raged but few led to victory

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    The shocking video of George Floyd’s killing confronted Americans with their history of systemic racism

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    Chelsea Miller, Nialah Edari and Raquel Willis have been organising marches and pushing for equality

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    Progress is slowed by coronavirus but is marked by a change in VC funding conditions

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    After a bitter presidential race, the nation is more divided, with fewer people in the centre

  • Thursday, 29 October, 2020
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    Walmart removes firearms and ammunition from US store floors

    Country’s biggest retailer cites recent civil unrest for decision

  • Monday, 26 October, 2020
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    For white Americans, anti-racism training has never been more necessary

    A ‘racial healing circle’ in Chicago holds lessons for how to discuss white privilege

  • Sunday, 25 October, 2020
    US presidential election 2020
    Trump and racial justice rally black voters in Wisconsin

    A summer of protests raises Democratic hopes of high turnout by African-Americans

  • Friday, 23 October, 2020
    Member of anti-government ‘Boogaloo’ group charged with rioting

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    Black Lives Matter provokes change on Wall Street

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    The US civil rights movement achieved a lot in the 1960s but left unfinished business

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  • Tuesday, 15 September, 2020
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    Louisville pays $12m to settle case over Breonna Taylor’s death

    Family had sued over shooting that put new focus on police violence against black women

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    Bogotá counts cost of fatal police brutality protests

    Colombians seek answers after 14 are killed in violent demonstrations

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    Biden to visit Kenosha as town reels from days of violence

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    Trump doubles down on law and order strategy in Kenosha

    US president projects tough-on-crime image during visit to Wisconsin city scarred by violence

  • Monday, 31 August, 2020
    US race relations
    Man killed in Portland as Trump supporters and BLM protesters clash

    President calls for deployment of National Guard after long-running demonstrations turn violent

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