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Dr. Deborah Birx, President Trump’s coronavirus response coordinator, warned the nation’s governors on a conference call that 70 coronavirus testing sites had been destroyed amid widespread protests in the wake of the death of George Floyd. During the Monday call, a recording of which was obtained by the Daily Beast, Birx said governors should “scramble …

The Los Angeles Police Department announced that murders increased by 250 percent last week in the wake of national unrest following the death of George Floyd, and just as Los Angeles officials announced plans to slash the city’s police budget by up to $150 million. The LAPD announced that, compared to the previous week, “homicides …

The Merriam-Webster dictionary has announced it will redefine “racism” to include the concept of “systemic racism,” following a complaint by a recent college graduate. Kennedy Mitchum, who graduated from Drake University in Iowa, had written to Merriam-Webster after she concluded that its definition was not sufficient to describe racism as currently experienced in the U.S. …

Embattled actor Jussie Smollett cited ongoing protests over the death of George Floyd while demanding more transparency from cops in his own criminal case, according to new court documents. The former “Empire” star says he deserves to know why Chicago’s top cop, Eddie Johnson, was fired from the position last year, because it may be …

Goldman Sachs said on Wednesday it had launched a $10 million fund to support the work of organizations addressing racial injustice, structural inequity and economic disparity. The bank will match employee donations to recipient organizations, it told customers of its online bank, Marcus. An e-mail by a Goldman employee about his experiences of racial injustice …

Maj. Travis Yates with the Tulsa Police Department said ‘we’re shooting African Americans about 24% less than we probably ought to be based on crimes’ He said the shocking comments in an interview on the Pat Campbell radio show on Monday speaking on policing and race  Citing data from the Washington Post he said 24% …

Hillary Clinton said Tuesday when asked about a comparison between civil unrest in 1968 and 2020 that there are “probably more differences” than similarities between the two years. “I think there are certainly some similarities, but I think there are probably more differences,” the former secretary of State said in a virtual event held by …

Reddit tapped Y Combinator boss Michael Seibel to join the company’s board Wednesday after co-founder Alexis Ohanian stepped down to make way for a black person. The shakeup comes amid a debate over Reddit’s approach to hate speech in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd and the anti-racist protests that have followed. …

Satisfaction with the direction of the U.S. has hit its lowest level since 2017, falling to just 20 percent according to a Gallup poll released Wednesday.  It is a stunning drop, as the percent of people who were satisfied with the U.S. direction had actually reached 45 percent in February, its highest point since 2017, but …

Netflix has launched a collection of film and TV content for U.S. subscribers which highlights “powerful and complex narratives about the black experience.” The “More Than A Moment” catalog will include Spike Lee’s new movie “Da 5 Bloods,” Ava DuVernay’s “13th,” and “When They See Us,” “Mudbound,” “Orange Is The New Black” and Oscar-winner “Moonlight.” The …