Quaker to Change Aunt Jemima Name and Image Over ‘Racial Stereotype’
Quaker Oats, the owner of the 131-year-old brand, said it would retire the name as it worked “to make progress toward racial equality.”
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De Blasio, Pressured on Policing, Acts to Toughen Discipline
Mayor de Blasio said the city would put all police disciplinary records online and speed up the disciplinary process against officers accused of abuse.
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Reconsidering the Past, One Statue at a Time
From Virginia to New Mexico, protests over police brutality have brought hundreds of years of American history bubbling to the surface.
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Activists Who Marched With Dr. King Offer Lessons for Those Marching for George Floyd
The tumult and passion of the past weeks have left the surviving veterans of the civil rights era with trepidation and hope.
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How Black N.Y.P.D. Officers Really Feel About the Floyd Protesters
Most officers of color share the protesters’ mission to defeat racism, but the unrest has reminded the officers that they are still often seen as the enemy.
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Coronavirus Live Updates: Millions of Doses of Malaria Drugs in Limbo
A milder, limited lockdown ends some classes and locks down neighborhoods. Texas, Florida and Arizona set case records. The president of Honduras has the virus.
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Trump Hydroxychloroquine Push Secured Millions of Likely Useless Coronavirus Pills
Before the F.D.A. withdrew its waiver to stockpile the drugs as coronavirus treatments, the Trump administration had embarked on a headlong effort to import tens of millions of doses.
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A Minneapolis police dispatcher became so alarmed when she watched George Floyd’s arrest in real time that she called in a supervisor, according to reports.
“I don’t know, you can call me a snitch if you want to, but we have the cameras up for (squad) 320’s call, and … I don’t know if they had to use force or not, but they got something out of the back of the squad, and all of them sat on this man,” the unnamed dispatcher said in a call to the supervisor, the Star-Tribune reported.
“So, I don’t know if they needed you or not, but they haven’t said anything to me,” the dispatcher said.
“Yeah,” the supervisor responded, “they haven’t said anything yet … just a takedown, which doesn’t count, but I’ll find out.”
“No problem,” the dispatcher answered. “We don’t ...
Pence Misleadingly Blames Coronavirus Spikes on Rise in Testing
On a private call with governors, the vice president played down new outbreaks, stressing that some states were seeing what he called “intermittent” spikes. Experts have warned it’s not that simple.
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Live Coronavirus Updates: U.S. Prisons See Spike in Cases
The number of inmates known to be infected across the country has doubled during the past month, to more than 65,000. The virus flares in Beijing, and other cities look to guard against a spread.
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Most Coronavirus Tests Cost About $100. Why Did One Cost $2,315?
U.S. health care prices are unregulated, opaque and unpredictable. When Congress required insurers to cover Covid-19 testing, a few providers decided to take advantage.
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Conservative Christians See ‘Seismic Implications’ in Supreme Court Ruling
A ruling that protects the rights of gay and transgender workers could impact how conservative groups operate their own institutions.
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A Half-Century On, an Unexpected Milestone for L.G.B.T.Q. Rights
The Supreme Court’s surprising 6-to-3 ruling in favor of gay and transgender rights was perhaps the strongest evidence yet of how fundamentally and unpredictably American views have changed.
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Gorsuch Leads Way on Landmark L.G.B.T. Rights Decision
One conservative group said the justice’s opinion in the L.G.B.T. rights case had betrayed the legacy of Justice Antonin Scalia, whose seat on the court he has held since 2017.
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Supreme Court Expansion of Transgender Rights Undercuts Trump Restrictions
The ruling focused on employment discrimination, but legal scholars say its language could force expanded civil rights protections in education, health care, housing and other areas of daily life.
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Coronavirus Live Updates
Cash-starved states are forced to make massive job cuts. Reopenings for some restaurants and bars are short-lived amid new infections.
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A Conspiracy Made in America May Have Been Spread by Russia
The Americans who pushed a conspiracy theory the night of the Iowa caucuses have migrated to coronavirus conspiracies on Twitter, with help from a very Russia-friendly account.
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Baseball fans got to relive the 1998 home run race between Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire in ESPN’s “Long Gone Summer” 30 for 30 documentary Sunday, but it wasn’t a pleasant trip down memory lane for one of Sosa’s former teammates.
Speaking on WFAN, former Cubs pitcher Turk Wendell absolutely unloaded on what being teammates with Sosa in Chicago from 1993 to 1997 was truly like.
“One of the worst teammates ever,” said Wendell, 53. “He only cared about himself, hitting home runs. He didn’t care if we lost 20-1, if he hit a home run, he was happy.”
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Civil Rights Law Protects L.G.B.T. Workers, Supreme Court Rules
The court said the language of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits sex discrimination, applies to discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Live Coronavirus Updates: Leaders Threaten New Lockdowns
In New York and Texas, there has been frustration as people flout restrictions related to the virus, which experts say is not going anywhere fast. Stores are reopening in England.
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Slowing the Coronavirus Is Speeding the Spread of Other Diseases
Many mass immunization efforts worldwide were halted this spring to prevent spread of the virus at crowded inoculation sites. The consequences have been alarming.
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Police Chiefs Are Finding Job Security Is Hard to Come By
Chiefs who promise reform must find a way to satisfy local officials, the police and their union, and a public that is increasingly critical of police tactics and behavior.
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Police Killings Prompt Reassessment of Laws Allowing Deadly Force
The continuing deaths of black people by the police are undermining support for the wide latitude officers are given in cases in which an encounter ends in a death.
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Video Investigation: How Rayshard Brooks Was Fatally Shot by Atlanta Police
One officer has been fired and another placed on administrative duty. A Times video analysis shows the sequence of events leading to the fatal shooting.
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Tasers: Are These Police Tools Effective and Are They Dangerous?
The fatal police shooting of Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta has put a spotlight on a number of officer tactics, including the use of Tasers.
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Live Updates: Police Shooting of Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta
After another black man is shot and killed by police officers, Atlanta erupts in outrage, and discussion swirls around proposals to radically overhaul law enforcement around the country.
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How Rayshard Brooks Was Fatally Shot by the Atlanta Police
One officer has been fired and another placed on administrative duty. A Times video analysis shows the sequence of events leading to the fatal shooting.
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Atlanta Police Chief Resigns After Officer Shoots and Kills Black Man
Rayshard Brooks had fallen asleep in his vehicle at a Wendy’s drive-through. He was shot after a struggle during which he grabbed a Taser from an officer, the authorities said.
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Protests Live Updates: Atlanta Police Chief Resigns After Officer Kills Black Man
Rayshard Brooks, 27, struggled with police officers after failing a sobriety test, the authorities said, then was fatally shot. Cellphone video appeared to show him running away.
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