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  1. games
    Sports Have Never Felt More Meaningless Than Right NowTheir return won’t do anything to make our troubled moment feel any more normal.
    By Will Leitch
  2. politics
    Eliot Engel Reminds Everyone Why He Has a Primary OpponentThe 31-year congressman has an embarrassing hot-mic moment at exactly the wrong time.
    By Sarah Jones
  3. pivot
    Should Companies Be Saying Anything at All Right Now?Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway discuss corporate responses to the unrest sweeping America, from the appropriate to the ham-fisted.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  4. encounter
    ‘I’ve Been Black a Long Time’: Marching With Jumaane WilliamsNew York City’s public advocate knows how to protest — and talk to cops. (He’s also wondering where the mayor is.)
    By James D. Walsh
  5. the national interest
    Biden Admits Donald Trump Is Not an Aberration“I wish I could say this hate began with Donald Trump and will end with him. It didn’t and it won’t.
    By Jonathan Chait
  6. george floyd
    We Are Asking The Police to Do too MuchWhen the welfare state fails, all that’s left is violence.
    By Sarah Jones
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    We Have Seen the ‘Outside Agitator’ and He Is UsThe forces behind our nation’s violent unrest — and unruly policing — are homegrown.
    By Eric Levitz
  8. george floyd protests
    Trump Mulls Declaring an Insurrection and Sending Military Into CitiesIf deployed widely without requests from state officials, such use of the military would be unprecedented.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. the national interest
    Trump Goes Full Authoritarian on the George Floyd ProtestsTrump talks to Putin, then says other countries are laughing at us for being weak.
    By Jonathan Chait
  10. protests
    Don’t Expect Any Big, Unifying Speech From Trump. That’s Not Who He Is.Our president is a divider, not a uniter
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. protests
    Trump Calls Governors ‘Weak,’ Tells Them to ‘Dominate’ ProtestersIf governors don’t get tough, they’re going to “look like a bunch of jerks,” Trump told them in a Monday phone call.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  12. george floyd
    The Rioters Aren’t Here to Convince YouCriticism that focuses on their strategic imprudence is misguided.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  13. protests
    At the White House, the Lights Were OffEven as there was chaos right outside the gates — and in cities across the nation.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  14. breonna taylor
    Louisville Is Still Demanding Justice for Breonna TaylorUnlike in George Floyd’s case, there were no massive protests when the 26-year-old was killed by police in her home in March. That changed last week.
    By Adam K. Raymond
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    Police Spar With Protesters for 6th Straight Night: Live UpdatesNationwide protests have expanded and intensified in response to George Floyd’s death, with violence reported in dozens of cities.
    By Matt Stieb, Adam K. Raymond, and Chas Danner
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    Will Today’s Riots Spur Electoral Backlash Like 1967’s?The nationwide scope of disturbances is reminiscent of those that fed the backlash politics of Nixon, Wallace, and Reagan.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Public-Health Experts Warn of Coronavirus Outbreaks After George Floyd ProtestsMany protesters have been wearing masks, but chaotic mass demonstrations make social distancing nearly impossible.
    By Matt Stieb and Chas Danner
  18. our country
    Don Lemon Calls Out Friends for ‘Sitting in Your Mansions’ and Ignoring Protests“Have some moral courage and stop worrying about your reputation and your brand.”
    By Devon Ivie
  19. george floyd
    Scenes From the Brooklyn Protest of the Death of George FloydPhotographer Chris Facey documented the tense and emotional demonstration, which took place outside the Barclays Center on Friday night.
    By The Editors
  20. last night on late night
    Jimmy Kimmel Begs Older Americans to Vote Donald Trump Out of Office“Is this who you want leading us? A president who clearly and intentionally inflames violence in the middle of a riot to show how tough he is?”
    By Devon Ivie
  21. george floyd
    Watch Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Give Emotional Speech on Unrest in Atlanta“If you care about this city — then go home.”
    By Chas Danner
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    Powerful Images From Friday’s Protests Over the Death of George FloydPhotos from demonstrations in multiple cities over the deaths of Floyd in Minneapolis and Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky.
    By Megan Paetzhold and Chas Danner
  23. minneapolis protests
    Trump Can’t Explain Away His Vile ‘Looting’ TweetDespite his disingenuous attempt to walk back his threat toward Minneapolis protesters, it’s clear he just wanted to pour gasoline on the fire.
    By Ed Kilgore
  24. george floyd
    The Lies We Tell About RiotsHow America mystifies the wages of its racism.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
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    CNN Crew Arrested on Live TV During Minneapolis ProtestMinnesota State Police arrested CNN’s Omar Jimenez and his camera crew as they reported on the protests over George Floyd’s death in police custody.
    By Margaret Hartmann
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    Minneapolis Faces Third Night of Protests Following George Floyd’s KillingDemonstrators and police clashed for the third day in a row, following the death of George Floyd in police custody.
    By Matt Stieb and Adam K. Raymond