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EU digs in on digital tax plan, after US quits talks
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Andrew Yang is pushing Big Tech to pay users for data
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Trump mounts campaign for more debates against Biden
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Twitter labels Donald Trump video tweet as "manipulated media" as it cracks down on misinformation
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What happens when Hobbesian logic takes over discourse about protest – and why we should resist it
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The Donald Trump US administration paid millions for test tubes — and got unusable mini soda bottles
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The American press is destroying itself
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Protest music of the Bush era
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Do you think there will be a 'silver lining' or any long-term results from these protests?
I think the biggest effect of this will be that a lot of white suburban Klobuchar-ites will be more apprehensive of keeping the police as it is and a lot of progressives (like me, I always thought...
I think the biggest effect of this will be that a lot of white suburban Klobuchar-ites will be more apprehensive of keeping the police as it is and a lot of progressives (like me, I always thought it was a class matter disguised as a race one) will take identity politics and racism more seriously and see themselves as privileged white people because it's become pretty hard not to. There will also be a lot of people in poor countries who will relate to the experience of being brutalized by the police and see the US as increasingly like them. I'm Brazilian and I honestly can't really see how is the US any better than my country anymore and in my state I scarcely see the police with more than batons and only in Rio de Janeiro (where drug gangs hide in the mountains and the state government is run by the party led by a former military officer) is the police really comparable.
Organizers might see that strength in numbers does little against FOX News and other media outlets so serious organization (proper mottos for example) might be taken more seriously.
Black people might be energized enough by this to turnout at an equal rate to white people despite the institutional barriers, which hasn't happened since Obama.
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Donald Trump administration to make it easier for hunters to kill bear cubs and wolf pups in Alaska — A ban against luring mothers from their dens with doughnuts and other treats will be lifted
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Donald Trump administration makes move to completely roll back US methane pollution regulations
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After a staff uproar, New York Times says that Senator Tom Cotton’s “Send In the Troops” op-ed it published yesterday did not meet its standards
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US Labor Department employment report shows unexpected improvement, but recovery could still take years
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The case for reparations: We've had 250 years of slavery, 90 years of Jim Crow, 60 years of separate but equal and 35 years of racist housing policy. Without addressing this, the US can't move on
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One Twitter account is reposting everything US President Donald Trump tweets. It was suspended within three days.
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How Germany saved its workforce from unemployment while spending less per person than the US
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Colorado Democrats unveil sweeping police accountability bill in response to George Floyd’s death
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Facebook employees stage virtual walkout to protest US President Donald Trump posts
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General US protests discussion
There's a lot of unrest in the US lately, with protests going on in several cities. How do you feel about the state of things in the US, regarding racism, police brutality, etc...? What's your...
There's a lot of unrest in the US lately, with protests going on in several cities.
How do you feel about the state of things in the US, regarding racism, police brutality, etc...? What's your viewpoint on the protests? How do you see the situation evolving? Some fear deadly confrontation between military police and civilians.
Have you had the misfortune of having a negative encounter with police officers? Care to tell your story? Have you participated yourself in one of these protests? What was your experience like? If you haven't, do you keep yourself informed? Where do you primarily find news? What's the general mood in your neighborhood, in your community, in your city?
We've seen protests pop up a lot more in recent years in various parts of the world - eg. Hong Kong, Lebanon, France, etc... Do you feel that this is symptomatic of a larger, global unease? Or can the US protests be considered wholly specific?
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Donald Trump says the USA will label Antifa as a terror organization amid unrest
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Puerto Rico approves new civil code, sparking fears over LGBT+ rights
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Martin Luther King's challenge to the nation's social scientists
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What an economic liberal and conservative learned from their friendship
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US taxpayers' virus relief went to firms that avoided US taxes
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Florida officials approve Walt Disney World reopening plans
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Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for 'glorifying violence'
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US President Donald Trump signs executive order designed to limit the legal protections that shield social media companies from liability for the content users post on their platforms
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US President Donald Trump's executive order isn't only about Twitter; it's also attempting to ensure that Facebook won't change their own approach in the lead-up to the election
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US President Donald Trump has accused Twitter of "completely stifling free speech" after the social media company flagged some of his tweets with a fact-check warning
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President Donald Trump said he would end Hong Kong’s special relationship with the US and withdraw from the World Health Organization
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Andrew Cuomo gave legal immunity to nursing home execs after big campaign donations. Critics say data proves New York's liability shield is linked to higher nursing home death rates.
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Chinese foreign minister warns US against taking the countries ‘to the brink of a new Cold War’
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Trump team killed rule designed to protect health workers from pandemic like COVID-19
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US critics of stay-at-home orders tied to fossil fuel funding
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Stephen Colbert interviews Joe Biden for fifty minutes
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Florida's strategy to protect seniors from COVID-19
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How white backlash controls American progress: Backlash dynamics are one of the defining patterns of the country’s history
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How America is victim-blaming the coronavirus dead: As racism warps the US pandemic response, a health crisis has escalated into a culture war
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We’re not polarized enough: Ezra Klein’s flawed diagnosis of the divisions in American politics
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Poll: More voters trust Biden to contain coronavirus spread
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America’s only public bank, the Bank of North Dakota, is number one in saving small businesses
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Roe of “Roe v. Wade” says Christian right paid her to be anti-choice mouthpiece
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Huey Long, the dictator of Louisiana
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‘Hard stop’: US states could lose National Guard virus workers
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What will it take to prevent a new Great Depression in the USA? Around $10,000,000,000,000 (ten trillion dollars).
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The lessons of the Great Depression
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US President Donald Trump says he is taking hydroxychloroquine to protect against coronavirus, dismissing safety concerns
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Explosive whistleblower complaint by ousted US Health and Human Services official says he was pressured to give contract to Donald Trump-friendly pharma firm
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Does “The Case Against Socialism” hold up? It does not. A brief look at Rand Paul’s new book.
9 votes