“Everyday activities.”
From big cities to small towns, to foreign capitals around the world, this weekend’s protests against police brutality were massive. They may continue through November. 1/23
“On Monday, they were forcibly removed from the street by law enforcement. On Saturday, they danced.” 2/23
Washington DC’s mayor had Black Lives Matter painted near the White House in “an unmistakable assertion of control.” 3/23
Meanwhile, Donald Trump and his staff are now surrounded by more than a mile of fencing. 4/23
In the UK, Black Lives Matter protesters threw a statue of an English slave trader into the sea. In Belgium, they went for King Leopold II. 5/23
On Saturday, 150 people showed up in Vidor, Texas’s “most hate-filled town,” to turn their backs on its past. 6/23
Minneapolis City Council members intend to defund and dismantle the city's police department. 7/23
Camden, NJ, disbanded its police department in 2013 and saw a dramatic drop in violent crime—but that doesn’t mean the police were “defunded.” 8/23
In New York City, protesters are being held as long as 50 hours with no protective gear or ability to socially distance. 9/23
Police shoot more people dead in the US than other developed countries, and the gap is vast. 10/23
Armed groups across the country patrol the streets after receiving (hoax) warnings about an antifa invasion. In Seattle, an armed man drove into a protest Sunday and shot a demonstrator. 11/23
A running list of hoaxes and misleading posts about the protests. 12/23
Research over decades has shown that disproportionate police force can make a peaceful protest not so peaceful. Why are police still doing it? 13/23
Saeed Jones: “Sometimes, I can’t help but feel that our grief is all this country will let us own.” 14/23
In San Diego, frightening video shows undercover police officers arresting a protester and rushing her off in an unmarked van. 15/23
Physicians say the world was gaslit by misreporting about George Floyd’s initial autopsy report. 16/23
Several hundred epidemiologists explain when they expect to fly, shake hands, and do “18 other everyday activities again.” 17/23
Businesses are reopening, protests continue—but the virus isn’t done with us. “We have not even passed the first wave. We are early in this pandemic.” 18/23
New Zealand has officially eradicated Covid-19 and will return to normal. 19/23
At least half of Singapore’s newly discovered coronavirus cases show no symptoms. 20/23
The average millennial has experienced slower economic growth since entering the workforce than any other generation in US history. 21/23
The Trump administration has removed or is attempting to remove protections from areas of public land equivalent to the size of Florida. 22/23
In other news, J.K. Rowling is under fire for transphobia again. 23/23
Thank you to all of our supporters. If you haven't yet, become a Sustaining Member or make a one-time donation today.
Got a link we should include? Tip us!
Your TMN Headlines are written by the editors of The Morning News and arrive in your inbox every morning, Monday through Saturday.