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Campaign Zero has a concrete, data-backed proposal for changing how police departments use force.

The American church sold itself to perpetuate the myth of this country’s divine destiny for the paltry price of access to power and respectability.

Organized labor is a direct threat to white supremacy. We need to put that threat into action.

Trevor Noah on George Floyd, Minneapolis Protests, Ahmaud Arbery & Amy Cooper. The Gospel According to Don. LL Cool J Raps About George Floyd and Black Lives Matter. Trey Songz - How Many Times. Killer Mike Makes Emotional Speech.

Reader Comments: George Floyd's final words; Protests for George; against police brutality, against massive militarized police, against systemic racism and white supremacy; against Trump; nature of police unions; mail-in voting; labor solidarity;

If ever there was a time to act up, be confrontational, disrupt and demand an end to this dystopia, it is now. Larry Kramer was right. Let's honor his legacy and raise hell.

Two-hundred thirty-six current and former staffers for Mayor de Blasio signed an open letter calling on him to live up to the promises of reform that initially drew them to work for him. One demand is to cut the $6 billion police budget by 1/6.

Policymakers in the 1960s had the answers - give political and economic power to the people - but walked away. Instead, policymakers blamed black people for the instability, ignoring the buildup of centuries of racial oppression.

What happened to Floyd happens every day in this country, in education, in health services, and in every area of American life, it's time for us to stand up in George's name and say get your knee off our necks.

World responds to Minneapolis police murder, and much more