Emiene Wright

“The best thing for the nation is not to reopen as quickly as possible, it’s to save as many lives as possible.”

The coronavirus pandemic “is laying bare the lethal inequality of American society and American healthcare.”

“We know there are people who are sick and not getting tested. The more testing we have in the community, the better.”

The march included residents, activists and some law enforcement after a shooting in a predominantly Black Charlotte neighborhood on Juneteenth weekend.

While social media and the increased adoption of newer technologies have facilitated greater coordination between organizers in cities across the country, Charlotte can thank its history of civil unrest for stronger coordination between activists.

Some activists cite the primary results as evidence that protests can spur political action, leading to important gains in electing candidates who are attuned to issues of race and inequity.

“That’s less than four days,” Minnesota Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington said, referring to the time between the killing and Chauvin’s arrest.

Retired Brig. Gen. J. Roy Robinson called it “curious” that the extension runs only 24 days and ends in the middle of the week.

The editor of The Lancet fact-checked the president just days after publishing an editorial calling for Americans to vote him out.