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His remarks will come a day after the Juneteenth holiday and during a period of nationwide protests and discussions over racism.Right NowThe Mass Poor People’s Assembly and Moral March on Washington, a virtual event modeled after the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s last organizing effort, begins online.ImageThe entrance to a refugee camp on the…

Influential Black women are mounting a robust effort to persuade presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden that selecting a black woman as his running would give him the best advantage to win the Whit…

Jubilant protesters read out Trump’s tweet over a bullhorn and cheered. After the statue fell, most protesters returned peacefully to Lafayette Park near the White House. The Pike statue has been a source of controversy over the years. The former Confederate general was also a longtime influential leader of the Freemasons, who revere Pike and…

A second of four former Minneapolis police officers linked to the death of George Floyd has been released from jail on bail, according to reports.J. Alexander Kueng, 26, was freed about 7:30 p.m. CT Friday from the Hennepin County jail on $750,000, on conditions that included he appear at court hearings and avoid any further…

CLOSEThe past month of America’s coronavirus crisis has looked different.Stores, restaurants and workplaces reopened. People became more comfortable leaving their homes. Mass protests over the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police dominated television and social media just as fewer people talked about wearing masks and social distancing.All the while, the virus…