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Federal officials rapidly closed many complaints without issuing citations, raising new questions over government inaction

Facebook ad boycott, the threat of facial recognition tech, and more

"I stand with Black Lives Matter but still, as I watched the obligatory scene of Vietnamese soldiers getting shot and killed for the thousandth time, I thought: Does it make any difference if politically conscious Black men kill us?"

Chris Brooks looks at the data supporting a BLM- and coronavirus-inspired strike wave.

The debate over Aunt Jemima and other food mascots and their own problematic brand marketing stirred up a lot of curiosity about food and race; these books about food and Black identity add to the conversation.

"One of the most terrifying sounds on earth,” Palestinian American historian Rashid Khalidi recalls, is “the screeching roar of supersonic warplanes diving to attack.”

Guardian analysis shows how organizations and officers in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago work against reform.

No private, unelected entity should have the power over the economy that BlackRock has, without a legally enforceable fiduciary duty to wield it in the public interest.

No national agency tracks the number of rape or domestic violence survivors imprisoned for self-defense. Similarly, no agency tracks the number of immigrant survivors who face detention and deportation for their self-defense actions.

Antibodies to the virus faded quickly in asymptomatic people, scientists reported. That does not mean immunity disappears.