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Human rights declined during the COVID-19 pandemic, in countries from Angola to the US to New Zealand

Human rights activists and international leaders first warned in April 2020 that countries could use the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse to crack down on human rights.

The Conversation

Dick Simpson’s latest book looks at democracy through a Chicago lens. He shares thoughts on corruption and making our democracy better.

CHICAGO — University of Illinois Chicago professor Dick Simpson has lived a life in Chicago’s political and academic spheres for more than 50 years: 44th Ward alderman from 1971-1979; executive board member of the Illinois Political Science Association, a former congressional candidate, political consultant, author and has served on transition…

Chicago Tribune

Sault: Air review – a daring act of creative rebirth pays off

Taking bold risks with a mostly wordless sixth album, Dean Josiah Cover ascends to spiritual new heights

The Guardian - UK

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Workplace inclusion drives have almost trebled since BLM protests, survey shows

About half of minority-ethnic workers said their employer had taken action to tackle racism in past 12 months

The Guardian - UK

Michigan GOP candidates for governor divide on Grand Rapids police shooting

LANSING, Mich. — Republican candidates to be Michigan's next governor took diverging paths this week in responding to videos that showed a Grand Rapids police officer fatally shooting 26-year-old Patrick Lyoya.

Tribune News Service

Bank of England owned 599 slaves in 1770s, new exhibition reveals

Research commissioned by Bank in the wake of Black Lives Matter uncovers grim history of colonial Grenada

The Guardian - UK

DOJ and civil rights groups reach settlement over Lafayette Square protesters

The U.S. Park Police and Secret Service are revising their protest policies as part of the agreement.

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Department of Justice settles lawsuits over Trump’s removal of Black Lives Matter protesters

The Biden administration agreed to change U.S. Park Police and Secret Service policies to settle four lawsuits over the violent removal of Black Lives Matter protesters from a park near the White House when former President Donald Trump was in office.

Tribune News Service

Black Lives Matter apologizes after $6M California mansion purchase

‘We apologize for the distress this has caused to our supporters and those who work in service of Black liberation daily,’ BLM says

The Independent UK

What happens when a group of Fox News viewers watch CNN for a month?

A study that paid viewers of the rightwing cable network to switch shed light on the media’s influence on people’s views

The Guardian - US

Police appeal for Saturday 'celebration march' organisers to get in touch

No one has returned the police's DMs

Bristol Post

Why Is Facebook Censoring Articles About How BLM Used Donations To Buy a $6 Million House?

Reporting that makes Black Lives Matter look bad should not be covered up by social media companies.

Reason

Why did Black Lives Matter ‘buy a $6m California mansion’?

Property to serve as housing and studio space for recipients, says group

The Independent UK

For Britain postpone demo against Black Lives Matter at Colston plinth

A counter demo was planned

Bristol Post

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The Guardian - UK

Gay and trans rights issues divide both Tories and Labour

Analysis: while the right looks on gleefully at the left’s contortions over gender identity, it is no better at addressing the same questions

The Conversation

Black Lives Matter protests are shaping how people understand racial inequality

Considered to be the largest social justice movement since the civil rights era of the 1960s, Black Lives Matter is more than the scores of street protests organized by the social justice group that attracted hundreds of thousands of demonstrators across the world.

Reason

Louisiana Supreme Court Allows Police Officer's Lawsuit Against Black Lives Matter Organizer

DeRay Mckesson didn’t cause or encourage violence against police in Baton Rouge in 2016. The court says he can still be held responsible.

The Guardian - UK

Activist Elaine Brown: ‘You must be willing to die for what you believe in’

Elaine Brown reveals how in 1974 she came to be the first and only woman to lead the Black Panther Party – and talks about revolution, resistance and activism today

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Sign of Things to Come? Royals' Caribbean Tour Hit by Protests

Prince William's trip to the Caribbean was meant to help Commonwealth countries where his 95-year-old grandmother is also head of state celebrate her record-breaking 70 years on the throne. But what were designed to be carefully choreographed photocalls and public appearances for Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee did not go…

Bangkok Post

British royals face new reality in Caribbean

Prince William’s trip to the Caribbean was meant to help Commonwealth countries where his 95-year-old grandmother is also head of state celebrate her record-breaking 70 years on the throne.

Bristol Post

Far right group For Britain plans to rally in support of Colston in Bristol

A counter-demo is already being organised

Tribune News Service

Red Sox to replace Black Lives Matter billboard: ‘It was never a political statement’

BOSTON — After almost two years, the Red Sox are taking down their 254-foot Black Lives Matter billboard that has been stationed behind Fenway Park facing the Massachusetts Turnpike.

Sports Illustrated

11-Year-Old Kaitlyn Saunders Lifts Spirits With Her Figure Skating Performances

Get to know the “The Skate Kid,” the young Black girl who inspired many around the country with her touching tribute to the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.

Evening Standard

London’s Tulse Hill could be renamed over links to slavery

The district was named after Sir Henry Tulse who was part of the Royal African Company who traded in slaves

Salon

Neo-Nazi plead guilty to power grid plot

Two members of a neo-Nazi terror network accused of plotting to attack the power grid have plead guilty

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