Around the Web – 20200605

Brett M. Nelson - Friday, June 5, 2020

And now for somethings to read (or watch) over the weekend, if you have some spare time that is.

Police Erupt in Violence Nationwide

Slate – Matthew Dessem – May 30, 10:37 PM – The ongoing protests following the killing of George Floyd were caught up in violence again on Saturday, as police all over the country teargassed protestors, drove vehicles through crowds, opened fire with non-lethal rounds on journalists or...

White Guyde To The Galaxy

Designer · Tatiana Mac – I curated this collection just for you. 😘 An Indigenous People's History of the United States, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz How To Be Antiracist, Ibram X Kendi How To Be Less Stupid About Race, Crystal M Fleming So You Wanna Talk About Race, Ijeoma...

Risk of being killed by police use of force in the United States by age, race-ethnicity, and sex

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences – Frank Edwards, Hedwig Lee, and Michael Esposito PNAS August 20, 2019 116 (34) 16793-16798; first published August 5, 2019 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1821204116 Edited by John Hagan, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, and approved July 3, 2019...

Facebook Employees Stage Virtual Walkout to Protest Trump Posts

The New York Times – Sheera Frenkel – Jun 1, 9:31 AM – OAKLAND, Calif. — Dozens of Facebook employees, in rare public criticism on Monday of their own company, protested executives' decision not to do anything about inflammatory posts that President Trump had placed on the giant social media...

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