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"The economy is shattered. Unemployment continues to climb, steeply. There is no coherent federal leadership," writes @rgay. "And even during a pandemic, racism is as pernicious as ever."
Here's a look at some of our coverage during this turbulent week. https://nyti.ms/3dlXOgD
Here's a look at some of our coverage during this turbulent week. https://nyti.ms/3dlXOgD
The collapse of governance has forced people to take to the streets — to the detriment of their health and the health of others — to demand basic necessities, including the right to be free of police harassment or murder, writes @KeeangaYamahtta https://nyti.ms/2TUjzwA
“The cultural narrative that black people’s weight is a harbinger of disease and death has long served as a dangerous distraction from the real sources of inequality, and it’s happening again,” writes Sabrina Strings https://nyti.ms/2BkybPp
"In a disturbing number of the recent cases of the police being called on black people for doing everyday, mundane things, the calls have been initiated by white women," writes @CharlesMBlow https://nyti.ms/36LxNFb
"The president’s indifference to collective mourning is of a piece with a political movement that denies our collective ties as well as the obligations we have to each other," writes @jbouie https://nyti.ms/2XjcDeD
Editorial board member @MaraGay, observing the protests in New York over the weekend, writes: "An army of public servants entrusted to protect Americans treated them as an enemy instead." https://nyti.ms/2MbWe5g
"Police officers don’t face justice more often for a variety of reasons — from powerful police unions to the blue wall of silence to cowardly prosecutors to reluctant juries," writes the editorial board. https://nyti.ms/3eErGFx
