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A handful of politicians marked the anniversary of the murder of Officer David Dorn during George Floyd riots Riots

A handful of politicians marked the anniversary of the murder of Officer David Dorn during George Floyd riots

As you certainly know, we just passed the one-year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, and the occasion was marked by none other than President Joe Biden, who went to Minneapolis to meet with Floyd’s family and give snacks to Floyd’s daughter, who he says wanted to sit on…
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June 3, 2021
A Belarusian opposition activist stabbed himself in the neck in court after claiming he was tortured and threatened by police Riots

A Belarusian opposition activist stabbed himself in the neck in court after claiming he was tortured and threatened by police

Stepan Latypov, 41, was filmed trying to cut his own throat with a pen in court on Tuesday. Latypov was arrested in a crackdown on dissent by Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko's regime.  It comes days after Belarus forced a Ryanair flight to land in order to arrest another opposition figure.…
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June 2, 2021
What does Hong Kong’s defiantly buoyant property market tell us – and Beijing? Riots

What does Hong Kong’s defiantly buoyant property market tell us – and Beijing?

Tammy Tam Tammy Tam is the South China Morning Post's Editor-in-Chief and is responsible for its editorial direction, strategic development and newsroom operations. She is a Board Member of the World Editors Forum, the leading network for news editors that focuses on the future of quality journalism, newsroom transformation and…
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May 30, 2021
28% of Republicans Think U.S. So Off Track True Patriots ‘May Have to Resort to Violence’ Riots

28% of Republicans Think U.S. So Off Track True Patriots ‘May Have to Resort to Violence’

More than a quarter of Republicans believe that "true American patriots" may need to resort to violence to save the United States, new polling shows. The Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) released polling data on Thursday from a survey conducted in March. The survey examined the prevalence of belief in…
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May 29, 2021
‘Black Wall Street’ author on teaching Tulsa riots in school: “We have to work through the discomfort” Riots

‘Black Wall Street’ author on teaching Tulsa riots in school: “We have to work through the discomfort”

100 years ago, decades of Black economic success were essentially erased after a riotous white mob attacked the prosperous Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma. However, Oklahoma didn’t include this atrocity as a part of its school curriculum until the year 2002 and it wasn’t until 2019 that the state's Education…
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May 29, 2021