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Ben Smith / New York Times:
Inside the Revolts Erupting in America's Big Newsrooms — Staff members' demands helped end the tenure of James Bennet as Opinion editor of The New York Times. And they are generating tension at The Washington Post. Part of the story starts in Ferguson, Mo.
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James Bennet Resigns As Editorial Page Editor of The New York Times; Katie Kingsbury Named Acting Editorial Page Editor — The New York Times announced today that James Bennet, Editorial Page Editor since May, 2016, is resigning effective immediately. The Times also announced …
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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
James Bennet Resigns as New York Times Opinion Editor — “Last week we saw a significant breakdown in our editing processes, not the first we've experienced in recent years,” said A. G. Sulzberger, the publisher. — James Bennet, the editorial page editor of The New York Times …
CNN:
White House is considering a Trump speech to the nation on race and unity — (CNN)After a weekend of massive peaceful protests around the country, White House officials are currently deliberating a plan for President Donald Trump to address the nation this week on issues related to race and national unity …
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Jay Willis / The Appeal:
Minneapolis City Council Members Announce Intent To Disband The Police Department, Invest In Proven Community-Led Public Safety — The move follows the police killing of George Floyd and more than a week of uprisings, where hundreds of thousands of people around the world have protested …
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CNN:
Minneapolis City Council members intend to defund and dismantle the city's police department — Minneapolis (CNN)Nine members of the Minneapolis City Council on Sunday announced they intend to defund and dismantle the city's police department following the police killing of George Floyd.
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Live Updates on George Floyd Protests: Majority of Minneapolis City Council Pledges to Dismantle Police Department
Live Updates on George Floyd Protests: Majority of Minneapolis City Council Pledges to Dismantle Police Department
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Inside the room: Trump's top aides plot new theme — President Trump's top political advisers, in a private meeting last week, said their boss needs to add more hopeful, optimistic and unifying messages to balance his harsh law-and-order rhetoric. — Why it matters: They're deeply concerned about …
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Trump losing ground to Biden amid chaotic week — (CNN)As protesters gather daily near the White House and the coronavirus pandemic rages on, the American public is souring on President Donald Trump. A new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS finds Trump's approval rating down 7 points …
Washington Post:
John Bolton plans to publish a tell-all about his time in the White House in late June — John Bolton is forging ahead with plans to publish a scathing memoir about his time in President Trump's White House and is in negotiations with network television channels to promote the book, according to people familiar with the talks.
Meredith Deliso / ABC News:
Cop charged after bodycam footage shows ‘horrible use of force’: Police chief — Body camera footage appears to show a white cop stun a disoriented black man. — A white Virginia cop has been charged with assault after police and prosecutors reviewed body camera footage that appeared …
John Harwood / CNN:
Trump's evident character flaws leave him unable to meet the historic moment — (CNN)"In a president, character is everything," wrote the renowned speechwriter Peggy Noonan. And therein lies President Donald Trump's inability to meet this American moment.
Business Insider:
Gyms and brands are canceling partnerships with CrossFit after its CEO tweeted an insensitive comment about George Floyd — Reebok and some affiliate gyms are ending their partnerships with CrossFit after the fitness organization's CEO tweeted an insensitive comment about George Floyd on Saturday.
Siobhan Hughes / Wall Street Journal:
Sen. Tom Cotton's Next Mission: Carrying Trump Banner After Trump — Arkansas senator has pushed for aggressive policies on protests, China and immigration — WASHINGTON—Sen. Tom Cotton has been a longtime adviser to President Trump, both echoing the chief executive's bare-knuckled rhetoric …
Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Minneapolis' Third Precinct served as ‘playground’ for renegade cops — Even before George Floyd was killed, the south Minneapolis precinct had a reputation for being home to police officers who played by their own rules. — TEXT SIZE — Long before former officer Derek Chauvin knelt …
Houston Chronicle:
George Floyd: 'I'm gonna change the world' — George Floyd is coming home on Tuesday to be with his mother, “Cissy,” his biggest fan, the center of his world. — Floyd missed her last breaths two years ago, while he was living in Minneapolis, trying to get a fresh start. Her name is tattooed on his torso.
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Christy E. Lopez / Washington Post:
Defund the police? Here's what that really means. — Christy E. Lopez is a professor at Georgetown Law School and a co-director of the school's Innovative Policing Program. — Since George Floyd's death, a long-simmering movement for police abolition has become part of the national conversation …
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Michelle Obama / Washington Post:
Graduates, don't ever, ever let anyone tell you that you're too angry — Given the ongoing covid-19 pandemic, schools across the country have canceled their in-person commencement exercises. To celebrate the graduates whose final years of school have been upended, former first lady Michelle Obama …
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Politico:
Top aide: Senate chairman drops effort to secure Pompeo testimony — The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has decided not to press for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to testify for a routine annual budget hearing, according to a top committee aide.
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New York Times:
A Bitter Election. Accusations of Fraud. And Now Second Thoughts. — A close look at Bolivian election data suggests an initial analysis by the O.A.S. that raised questions of vote-rigging — and helped force out a president — was flawed. — The election was the most tightly contested in decades …
Paul Starr / American Prospect:
We Need to Reopen Schools—but How? — While more than 20 European countries have reopened schools, America seems unable even to approach the problem rationally. — French middle schoolers in Maisons-Laffitte, near Paris, are back in class after the coronavirus shutdown, June 3, 2020.
Wall Street Journal:
Covid-19 Stalks Large Families in Rural America — Remote regions with crowded households have turned deadlier than some city blocks — The Woods family did everything together at the house on Paden Road in Gadsden, Ala. They gathered there before going to high-school football games on Friday nights.