James Mattis, the esteemed Marine general who resigned as secretary of defense in December 2018 to protest Donald Trump's Syria policy, has, ever since, kept studiously silent about Trump's performance as president. But he has now broken his…
The death of George Floyd, a black man who died on Memorial Day after he was pinned down by a white Minnesota police officer, has sparked outrage and protests in Minneapolis and across the United States. Manslaughter and third-degree murder charges…
FiveThirtyEight
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Maggie Koerth and Jamiles Lartey
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This article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system. MINNEAPOLIS — Last Wednesday, Marcell Harris was hit by a rubber bullet. He had joined the second…
The New York Times
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Jennifer Medina
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Ella Jones became the first African-American and first woman elected mayor in Ferguson, Mo., on Tuesday, nearly six years after the city erupted in protests after a white police officer shot and killed Michael Brown, a black teenager. The victory…
