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Furor in Texas GOP after leaders post racist memes that suggest Floyd’s death is a hoax
County party leaders post a variety of racist memes, including one suggesting Floyd's death was a hoax to harm Trump and another juxtaposing an MLK...

‘Vicious dogs’ versus ‘a scared man’: Trump feud with Bowser escalates amid police brutality protests
The once-temperate relationship between the president and the D.C. mayor erupted in an ugly schism freighted with the overtones of race and power that have...
America convulses amid a week of protests, but can it change?
The events of recent days suggest something profound has happened, though it may be years before the country knows whether it has moved closer to...
Rev. Al Sharpton: America, ‘Get Your Knee Off Our Necks’
Rev. Al Sharpton denounced America’s racist system this week, announcing a new March on Washington in late August on the anniversary of the historic 1963...
Biden tries to seize the moment amid George Floyd protests | The 2020 Fix
The Fix’s Eugene Scott breaks down how presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has reacted to the death of George Floyd.

Mattis is the latest Trump official to go from hero to zero in the president’s telling
Trump fills top government posts with people he later blasts. Why is that?
Black Winemaker Launches ‘Love-Infused’ Wine After Loss Of Wife
Breaking into the wine business is no easy feat — especially if you’re Black. In fact, there are only approximately 50 black-owned wineries globally, so...
Hickenlooper violated Colorado gifts rules twice in 2018, state ethics panel finds
The five-member Independent Ethics Commission absolved the former governor and current U.S. Senate candidate on four other complaints filed in 2018.
As protesters demand reforms, Trump says strong economy is best plan for tackling racial inequality
Trump says economic growth is “the greatest thing that can happen for race relations,” as demonstrators demand sweeping overhauls of police, courts and other institutions.

Trump clings to jobs numbers as a campaign life raft — and as a race-relations plan
Biden, the former vice president and presumptive Democratic nominee, accused Trump of ‘spiking the ball’ when millions are still unemployed or suffering.