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As protests continue around the country, black Americans describe fear, anger and a weariness about tragic killings that are becoming all too familiar. This amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which has seen a disproportionate number of deaths among African Americans, exacerbating challenges in these uncertain times for a people often racially profiled and long oppressed. Cities are burning. Not just with fires but with anger.
Two-thirds of Americans think President Trump has increased racial tensions in this country, according to a new poll. Overall, 67% said Trump has mostly increased racial tensions, including 92% of Democrats, 73% of independents, 88% of Africans Americans and 63% of whites. The poll comes in the wake of criticism Trump is facing on how he has handled the protests from a number of leaders including former President George W. Bush and Retired Marine Gen. Jim Mattis.
When Washington, D.C., resident Rahul Dubey realized dozens of protesters were facing pepper spray and arrest for violating curfew Monday night, he did what he says anyone else would do: He invited about 70 people into his home, to spend the night.
Americans are skipping payments on mortgages, auto loans and other bills. Normally, that could mean massive foreclosures, evictions, cars repossessions and people's credit getting destroyed. But much of that has been put on pause due to help from Congress and leniency from lenders. That may not last for long.
For many Americans, it goes without saying that the police are critical in maintaining public safety. Have an emergency? Call the police. But many others have long countered that the police pose more of a threat to their safety than a boon. Code Switch asks, should the U.S. rethink the role of police in society? Plus, Throughline looks at the history of American policing and how those origins put violent control of Black Americans at the heart of the system. |
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In Navajo culture,talking about death is still taboo. But since the tribe's coronavirus infection rate has become the highest in the country and it's killing elders and their knowledge of Navajo tradition, they can't help but talk about it. "It's killing every day," says medicine man Ty Davis, who knows at least five traditional practitioners who have died from COVID-19. "How do we retrieve that knowledge that these elders once knew now that they have died with those ceremonies?" (Listen here or read the story)
Bangladesh's garment industry is the second-largest in the world (China takes the top spot). It’s so critical to the country’s economy that the government declared sewing machine operators essential workers and exempted them from a lockdown. Many factory workers are worried that a prolonged global recession may prove more deadly than the coronavirus. (Listen here or read the story)
In 2015, protests broke out in Baltimore after the killing of Freddie Gray. Protests turned violent and police responded with rubber bullets, tear gas and mass arrests. However, the protests following the killing of George Floyd have been peaceful in Baltimore. Here is what changed. (Listen here or read the story) |
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Many parents have been torn about talking to their young children about the civil unrest that has America in its grasp. Should they show them the George Floyd video? Is it better for your kid to ask you about race or should you raise the issue with them? Michel Martin, weekend host of All Things Considered, spoke with Jennifer Harvey, author of Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America, on how to have a real discussion about the realities of race in America. (Listen here or read the transcript) |
Protest music is changing. Artists are creating their own anthems, many raw and deeply uncompromising, and sharing them as soon as they hit "save" on their computers. Some songs, like the plaintive cry of 12-year-old Keedron Bryant and the solo rendition of "America the Beautiful" by clarinetist Anthony McGill, have reached large audiences. Others serve smaller communities. All show how the hierarchies of political organizing, and of popular music, are shifting. |
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