Soccer Jun 1, 2020
Soccer appears out of touch by suppressing on-field activism
by Rob Harris
Dortmund's Jadon Sancho was given a yellow card for displaying message calling for justice for George Floyd during a match.
World / Crime & Legal Jun 1, 2020
World's reaction to U.S. protests weaves solidarity and calls for change
Several thousand people marched in New Zealand's largest city on Monday to protest the killing of George Floyd in the U.S. as well as to stand up against police violence and racism in their own country. Many people around the world have watched with growing ...
Basketball / NBA Jun 1, 2020
Michael Jordan is "deeply saddened, truly pained and plain angry.” With protesters taking to the streets across the United States again Sunday, Jordan released a statement on George Floyd and the killings of black people at the hands of police. "I am deeply saddened, truly pained ...
World / Politics Jun 1, 2020
As protests grip U.S., Trump invokes law and order to shift focus from pandemic
President eschews soothing role past leaders have adopted in similar moments as he seeks to turn election-year conversation from his widely panned handling of outbreak.
Soccer Jun 1, 2020
Four Bundesliga players call for 'Justice for George Floyd' in Germany
A quartet of players made statements during matches in the German league over the weekend.
World Jun 1, 2020
Protests flare again in U.S. amid calls to end police violence
Adding to tensions is angst from months of lockdowns brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, which has disproportionately hurt communities of color.
Asia Pacific / Crime & Legal May 31, 2020
Chinese media use race clashes to lambaste U.S. over Hong Kong
As unrest erupted across the United States over racial inequality after the death during arrest of an unarmed black man, the Chinese government and official media launch broadsides.
World May 31, 2020
Protests over police killings rage on in dozens of U.S. cities
The demonstrations have become a national phenomenon as protesters decry years of deaths at police hands.
World May 31, 2020
Without evidence, officials in U.S. blame differing groups of 'outsiders' for violence
They’ve blamed left-wing extremists, far-right white nationalists and even suggested the involvement of drug cartels.
World May 31, 2020
Spot where George Floyd died now impromptu forum in Minneapolis
George Floyd is surrounded by the names of other police brutality victims in a colorful mural that now looms over the spot where he died, located in a rapidly gentrifying Minneapolis neighborhood. Hundreds of people passed under his gaze Saturday, stopping to pay their respects ...
World / Politics / Crime & Legal May 30, 2020
The unusual step of issuing critical statements came as prominent Africans began taking issue with racially charged killings.
World May 30, 2020
George Floyd, a black man who left Houston for fresh beginnings in Minneapolis only to end up begging for his life before dying under the knee of a white policeman, was a generous soul laid off during the coronavirus crisis. "Everybody loved my brother," Philonese ...