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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and other members of Congress gather at the Emancipation Hall, kneel as they take moment of silence to honor George Floyd, and victims of racial injustice on Monday, June 8, 2020. (Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Image)

More do's and don'ts for white allies

Melanie McFarland

We know you just want to help but seriously: ease back on the white guilt performances and reparations casseroles

Adam Rapoport (formerly of Bon Appetit) (Getty )

Bon Appetit EIC resigns after backlash

Todd Spangler - Variety

An old photo also resurfaced of Rapoport in brownface for an "ill-conceived Halloween costume"

Two scooters from dockless electric scooter sharing economy company Lime are parked in a "hub" near a road in the Marina Del Rey neighborhood of Los Angeles, California (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

LA's mass surveillance plan for scooters

Matthew Rozsa

The ACLU wants to know why the city of Los Angeles is surveilling scooter riders en masse

Kamala Harris and Meghan McCain (ABC)

Kamala Harris clashes with Meghan McCain

Sarah K Burris - Raw Story

McCain demanded a "yes or no" answer from Harris, but the senator said it isn't that simple

Cleaning supplies and laundry detergent for sale at a supermarket (James Leynse/Corbis via Getty Images)

Many Americans are drinking bleach

Matthew Rozsa

A shocking number of Americans say they ingested poisonous cleaning chemicals to ward off coronavirus

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Bill de Blasio vows to cut NYPD budget

Igor Derysh

“People . . . protest to achieve change, and now we must deliver that change," de Blasio says

A large group of people wearing medical face masks amidst the novel Coronavirus outbreak (Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images)

Shutdowns prevented 60M infections

Matthew Rozsa

18% of the U.S. population would have contracted coronavirus if not for public health measures, models show

Demonstrators march to protest against police brutality and the death of George Floyd, in Virginia (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

KKK head drove into protest: prosecutor

Sarah K Burris - Raw Story

“We are investigating whether hate crimes charges are appropriate," attorney Shannon Taylor said in a statement

Ivanka Trump (The White House)

Trump: I am a victim of "cancel culture"

Roger Sollenberger

New York society insiders say Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner, will find it difficult to return to city life

Pelosi told congressional leaders to draw up articles of impeachment against Trump, saying his abuse of power for political benefit "leaves us no choice but to act." Trump "has engaged in abuse of power, undermined our national security and jeopardized the integrity of our elections," she said, adding that "the president leaves us no choice but to act." (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Democrats unveil police reform bill

Igor Derysh

The bill would make it easier to prosecute bad cops, demilitarize police and ban chokeholds nationwide

People hold up placards to protest over the death of George Floyd, outside the Seattle Police Department's East Precinct in Seattle, Washington (JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images)

Driver plows into protesters, opens fire

Igor Derysh

“My whole thing was to protect those people," the wounded victim said as he was being treated by medics

Attorney General William Barr (Getty Images)

AG knew protesters were peaceful: Norton

Alex Henderson - Alternet

Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton describes “an eye-witness account" from "a National Guard member who was on duty"

Meghan McCain and Donald Trump (Salon/ABC/Getty Images)

McCain: "President bone spurs is scared"

Sarah K Burris - Raw Story

“He hasn’t given an interview or an address to the nation. All he has done was . . . hold up a Bible awkwardly"

Sen.Mitt Romney marches with a crowd singing Little Light of Mine on June 7, 2020 in Washington D.C. | U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the Rose Garden at the White House (Chip Somodevilla/Michelle Boorstein/The Washington Post/Getty Images/Salon)

Don mocks Mitt for attending BLM protest

Igor Derysh

Trump mocks Romney's "tanking" poll numbers, even though they show the senator is more popular than the president

The Castleman statue in Louisville, Kentucky, after it was vandalized in 2018 (Ashlie Stevens)

Kentucky removes Confederate relic

Ashlie D. Stevens

The John Breckinridge Castleman monument of the Confederate officer on a horse was supposed to be removed in 2017

A New Jersey State Police trooper (Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

What happened to man killed in custody?

Bob Hennelly - InsiderNJ

Maurice Gordon was shot fatally multiple times while in the custody of a white New Jersey State Trooper on May 23

A protester holds a sign that says, "FINISH TRUMP" with the Finish in red dripping letters among the large protest crowd in Foley Square (Ira L. Black/Corbis via Getty Images)

Why BLM led the fight against Trump

Amanda Marcotte

Black Lives Matter activists were perfectly positioned to expose Trump's war against democracy — and to fight back

Olivia Wilde, Jordan Peele and Ava DuVernay (Frazer Harrison/Rich Fury/VF20/Getty Images)

Hollywood calls for justice for Breonna

Zack Sharf - Indiewire

Filmmakers and actors honored the late Taylor's 27th birthday by calling for the cops who shot her to be arrested

A demonstrator is seen in front of a police barricade during a protest over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died after being pinned down by a white police officer (Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Minneapolis to dissolve police force

Roger Sollenberger

"We are committed to dismantling policing as we know it in the city," Council President Lisa Bender says

Donald Trump and Joe Biden (Getty Images/Salon)

Trump trails Biden by 14 points: poll

Igor Derysh

More than 60% of Americans disapprove of Trump's handling of race relations and his response to the recent protests

A demonstrator wearing a protective face mask holds her fist high during a protest (Aleksander Kalka/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Protest and pandemic: A long, hot summer

Heather Digby Parton

Despite Trump's crowing, the economy's not improving and the death toll is still rising. None of this is over soon

U.S. President Donald Trump and General Wesley Clark (Salon/Chip Somodevilla/JOYCE NALTCHAYAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Gen. Wes Clark: Tide is turning on Trump

Chauncey DeVega

Former NATO supreme commander on Trump's threat to send in troops: "That is not the way to resolve our problems"

(Getty/Burak Kara/Olivier Douliery-Pool/Salon)

Trump appointee condemns "LGBT agenda”

Yeganeh Torbati - ProPublica

Trump's latest appointee has denounced liberal democracy and celebrated Hungary’s right-wing prime minister

People hold up their fists after protesting near the spot where George Floyd died while in custody of the Minneapolis Police (KEREM YUCEL/AFP via Getty Images)

The secret history of Minneapolis

Igor Derysh

Says one observer, "Structural racism is baked into every community institution, into every neighborhood"

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