Stephen Jackson believes playing games will take attention away from the fight against systemic racism.
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The Latest: Interfaith group holds vigil outside St. John’s
The latest on protests against racism and police brutality from around the country and the world. A group of interfaith leaders held a prayer vigil Sunday outside St. John’s Church near the White House, where President Donald Trump held a June 1 appearance that sparked criticism after protesters were forcibly cleared from the area. The […]
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U.S. base namesakes include slaveholders, failed generals
As much as President Donald Trump enjoys talking about winning, the Confederate generals he vows to keep on U.S. military bases weren’t winners.
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Fox News removes altered photos of Seattle protest zone
Fox News has removed digitally altered photos from its website after the Seattle Times noted misleading images used in the network’s coverage about a Seattle neighborhood that’s become a protest center against police brutality and racial injustice.
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The Latest: Bust of slave owner torn down, thrown in river in New Orleans
The latest on protests against racism and police brutality around the world.
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Police to investigate hanging death of California black man
The 24-year-old’s death was originally described as an apparent suicide, prompting outrage in the community.
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Trump delays Tulsa rally amid criticism over Juneteenth date
The president said African American supporters asked him not to hold the event on June 19, the observance of the end of slavery in the United States.
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Protests in Trump country test his hold in rural white areas
Hundreds of protests over black injustice have cropped up in small cities across the upper Midwest and Rust Belt, many with their own lingering current of white supremacy and racial unrest.
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More global protests emerge over racism, police actions
Far-right activists scuffle with police and other protesters in London and Paris as more demonstrations unfold across Europe in support of Black Lives Matter.
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Mississippi faces reckoning on Confederate emblem in flag
White supremacists embedded the rebel-flag symbol within the Mississippi state flag more than 125 years ago.