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'I can’t breathe': hands up from across the globe at Eric Garner protestsAs protests continue, Steven W Thrasher visits the 'scene of a crime that is not the scene of a crime' and looks ahead to a movement that isn't going to end anytime soon-
#FergusonNext What President Obama told me about the movement
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Orion: a last-ditch effort by a fading empire that will never strike backWhen a space startup has twice the force for a fraction of the cost, you know the relic of an American superpower has given way to a fantasy of exceptionalism -
#CrimingWhileWhite is exactly what's wrong with white privilegeJessica Valenti: Of all the people’s experiences we should be listening to right now, white people are at the bottom of the totem pole -
Oliver Burkeman: In the future, maybe you’ll be able to respond to everything. For now, tame the information overload by turning off those notificationsSit back, relax and ignore your email inbox. Nobody expects you to read it all -
Policing in America: sharpening the conflict
Policing in America: sharpening the conflict
The Guardian viewThe collective emancipation Martin Luther King envisaged for African Americans never came about. The result has been chronic confrontation on the streets
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We can't stop tech – even if it threatens humanityStephen Hawking is right to say AI poses a risk to our species. But we must also progress
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What President Obama told me about Ferguson's movementWhen my fellow young leaders and I walked into the Oval Office this week, the president said we shouldn't demand too much, too soon
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The real problem in Ferguson, New York and all of America is institutional racismBlack men are not dying at the hands of (mostly) white cops – nor are those cops being excused from legal responsibility – because of mutual ‘distrust’
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Pretending that we should keep calm and carry on – that we even can – is a bigger fantasy than Santa ClausThe Eric Garner decision confirms a holiday of horrors. 'Tis the season for more protest, not less
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If Eric Garner's killer can't be indicted, what cop possibly could? It's time to fix grand juriesWhen even video evidence of another police killing doesn’t lead to indictments anymore, you know we need to upend this miscarriage of justice
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Protesting the death of Michael Brown is not a political act, no matter what the pundits say. These are five men who don’t want to die for being black. This is personalWhat the St Louis Rams know
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The revolution will be live-tweeted: #BlackLivesMatter is the new civil rightsBlack Power may have devolved into a fight to exist, but what if that’s a good thing? Ferguson’s young protesters are moving forward in all the right ways
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Obama's Ferguson response will leave vehicles of war on Main StreetMore money for body-cams, ‘valuable’ mini-tanks, seizing billions from citizens – these aren’t the solutions we’re looking for, Mr President
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The hug photo is a lieIt’s absurd that a nation’s new, yet old, encounter with its most destructive division can be summed up by this soppy picture of a tearful hug
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Swapping guns for Tasers won't stop cops who kill black people. What can?If the US really wants to curb police violence after Ferguson, it should learn from the UK’s national review of officers’ use of force. Because it’s working
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The cases are unrelated, but there are parallels. The power of the accused is set against the credibility of the victimBill Cosby's pound cake, Ferguson and the dubious politics of personal responsibility
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Why Darren Wilson is driving you madDo not accept the Ferguson police officer’s retirement. Just keep talking about his phantasmagorical fear of the black body – or else
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Status update: Dear white people, it's OK to talk about Ferguson. Isn't it on your mind?I asked my white Facebook friends why they’ve been so afraid to share their feelings on race. The excuses weren’t good enough
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America wiped out years of progress. Let's have 'the race conversation' for real this timeWe’ve seen versions of the Ferguson commission before. But we can’t do much about segregation and inequality until we stop talking around our divisions
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We can still get justice for Mike Brown: end the government's reckless 'ghetto' policy
We can still get justice for Mike Brown: end the government's reckless 'ghetto' policy
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Why does Ferguson still look like Iraq? Congress can stop the military policeThe infantry is back on the streets while my fellow politicians are home for the holidays. The least we can do is quit handing cops the tools of war, free of charge
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Mike Brown's Law is a start, but police body-cams are no panacea for violenceWithout changes to police conduct policy, norms and disciplinary actions, mandatory body cameras will never ensure victims get real justice
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Ferguson, goddamn: No indictment for Darren Wilson is no surprise. This is why we protestThe Missouri grand jury’s decision has sent a message to the world that black lives do not matter. Fists up. The cops still shoot
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The fact that people expected a white cop like Darren Wilson to escape trial shows the process is a shamThe law may have spoken but the Ferguson verdict is not justice
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Politicians have found themselves on the wrong side of the gap between the fantasy of what the law does and the reality that people liveObama failed Ferguson. The prosecutor is pathetic. Between the split-screen, the protesters get it
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Ferguson protests to #FergusonNext: 5 paths to progress, after non-indictmentPatrisse Cullors and Darnell L Moore: A grand jury has confirmed America’s addiction to violence and racism. It’s time to go beyond one officer and one place. Here is how the healing might begin
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First Dog on the Moon on Ferguson – cartoon
The police officer who shot dead an unarmed black 18-year-old in Ferguson, Missouri, leading to weeks of unrest, will not face state criminal charges, it was announced on Monday
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America's on edge about Ferguson. But justice is about what comes after that
#FergusonNext America's on edge about Ferguson. But justice is about what comes after that
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The hard truth about no justice for Michael Brown is that we must reassess our expectationsAfter the non-indictment, a new kind of epaace
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'I could have been Mike Brown': your stories of racial profiling by the world's police
Tony Messenger in St Louis and Matt Sullivan in New YorkYou told us: ‘Broken’ taillights. Bullying. Brutality. All for the apparent crime of living while black. These are your stories'I could have been Mike Brown': your stories of racial profiling by the world's police
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Victoria’s real secretThe lingerie retailer’s ‘fashion show’ had the air of a Playboy mansion party minus the weird old man in a silk bathrobe
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Eric Garner + Mike Brown + Fox News = the White Knights talking backwardsGo ask Megyn Kelly. This is what happens when logic and proportion get subjected to six straight hours of victim-blaming
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If we truly valued motherhood, we would actually do something to help pregnant womenFor all of the court cases and conservative rhetoric, we’re failing global norms on nearly every policy that would support mothers, parents and families
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White domestic abusers get a second chance. Ray Rice is black, so he won'tKevin B Blackistone: The NFL was disturbingly ignorant about the abuse, but the league failed to lead on racial discrimination and fairness in employment when it allowed mob rule to dictate its discipline
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Black, gay and shot dead in his own car: this is another Missouri killing we should talk about
Black, gay and shot dead in his own car: this is another Missouri killing we should talk about
Zach Stafford in Kansas CityIt’s not Ferguson. It’s not Serial. But the case of 22-year-old Dionte Greene raises complex questions about race, class, police conduct and sexual taboos. Are we too afraid to answer them? -
Jian Ghomeshi harassed me on the job. Why did our radio station look the other way?The now-disgraced CBC radio star fondled and abused me for years. He got away with it because management decided to protect their celebrity
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Face it: Girl Scout cookies aren't good. That you can order them online is greatNostalgic TV shows you barely remember. Snacks you had to buy from humans. How can you not love life when everything’s just a Google search away?
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Keep complaining! It's good for you!Terrible train delays. Absurdly high prices. Monday. If you think about it, a little moaning goes a long way
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I believe Shia LaBeouf – a person doesn't have to be likable to be a victimThe actor's history of bizarre behavior doesn't mean we should take his allegations less seriously. That would be as bad as dismissing them because he is a man
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Beyond Sasha and Malia Should you ever criticize teenagers for what they wear?
The PanelWere Elizabeth Lauten's comments about Obama just those of a foolish adult or a toxic revelation? Our panel considers the evidenceShould you ever criticize teenagers for what they wear?
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Inside the charity industrial complex, where corporations profit off your love of the militaryRichard Allen Smith: People trust war veterans, but companies just see money to be made. Non-profits need to be more careful of ‘camo-washing’
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Slavoj Žižek: What is freedom today?Philosopher Slavoj Žižek argues that what we see as our freedom is actually governed by a complex series of conditions
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Who pays for us to browse the web? Be wary of Google’s latest answerInternet giants are exploring new ways to raise cash from their users, but harvesting our data remains key to their strategy
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Jessica Valenti: The courts may decide that sending threats over social media isn’t threatening enough to be a crime. Silicon Valley needs to step up or lose customersIf tech companies wanted to end online harassment, they could do it tomorrow
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The west must help mend the Syrian refugee crisis it helped createWestern powers were quick to back military action in the Middle East. Now food aid has run out they urgently need to step up the humanitarian response
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Sting to the rescue; it’s what every sinking ship needsEmma Brockes: Notebook: The Broadway musical, The Last Ship, is struggling and there’s only one way to save it. Sting has to join the cast himself
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Teaching our sons to be afraid is not the answer to cops who shoot childrenTamir Rice’s mother will have to bury her 12-year-old son. Do I have to tell my son to accept being treated as less than human to preserve his life?
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The real Michael Phelps 'scandal' is the offensive portrayal of intersex peopleClaudia Astorino: Intersex people exist, and we’re fighting for our basic human rights. Stop treating us as props and oddities
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Jess Zimmerman: When so many of our interactions happen online, it becomes increasingly difficult to let unwired loved ones into our livesHow do you explain the internet to your grandmother?
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'Type A' personalities are overachieving monsters. Get out of my spin class and back to bankingDoes anyone piss you off more than classist snobs who send back food, yell at the waiter and blame it on their personality? ‘Type A’ isn’t a type – it’s the ultimate humblebrag
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Martin Rowson on government spending cuts – cartoon
Chancellor George Osborne has credibility – but the spectre of 1930s-style cuts may be too much for voters to accept
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Jonathan Freedland: The chancellor has credibility. But the spectre of 1930s-style cuts may be too much for voters to acceptGeorge Osborne may live to regret his rush towards Wigan pier
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The Guardian view on Manchester’s new cultural space: from one kind of factory to anotherEditorial: There’s no way of bringing back the old manufacturing jobs, but shrewd investment in arts and culture can create a different kind of industry
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Jeremy Thorpe survived to see a better BritainDominic Carman: When my father defended him in court, the great Liberal seemed to be on trial for his sexuality. Today it wouldn’t matter
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Only a cyber ‘arms control’ treaty can keep online criminals and terrorists at bayMichael Clarke: Regin malware and the Sony Pictures hacking show how vulnerable the west feels about its cyber dominance
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Deborah Orr: The allegations against Cosby seemed more disturbing because he is black. Clearly I see black celebrities as under a greater obligation to be exemplars – and that’s wrong, because it suggests black failings are more serious than white onesBill Cosby has made me confront my own do-gooder racism – but it's people like Eric Garner who pay the price
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The whole point of Christianity is to create a deeper form of humanismGiles Fraser: It seems that making the human stand out as morally particular requires some sort of leap of faith
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Marseille’s homeless ID cards have gone, but people are still on the streetsAlex Andreou: Good riddance to these nasty symbols, but the stigma towards homeless people by city officials and care workers are harder to shift
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Marina Hyde: Giving birth in hospital these days is a hallucinatorily exhausting experience – and the cuts mean it’s about to get even worseChildbirth is as awful as it is magical, thanks to our postnatal ‘care’
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Ian Jack: The story of low-income tenants facing 400% rent hikes thanks to a profit-hungry consortium seemed just the kind of cause Londoners would rally behind. But even with Russell Brand in the vanguard, the barricades remain unstormedI had thought the New Era estate might spark a London revolution. I was wrong
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Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett: So Nigel Farage thinks breastfeeding mothers should go and sit in the corner. But why stop there if you don’t want women to offend?Women! Stop being so ostentatious
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If I were queen for a day I would enforce old-age selfies for childrenHilary Devey: Under my brief reign, our youth-obsessed culture would pass its sell-by date – and education policy would wise up
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Bombed by bass: how the neighbours’ music turned my flat into a hellholeLaura Kay: You told us: The neighbours responded to our polite requests by making as much noise as humanly possible, shredding my nerves
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Hugh Muir: The absurd ban on sending books to prisoners has been overturned thanks to the chief executive of the Howard League for Penal ReformIn praise of … Frances Crook
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Who do you trust more: George Osborne or the BBC?
George Osborne has accused the BBC of using hyperbole in its coverage of spending cuts. The BBC said its coverage was fair and balanced, and that it asked the questions its audience wanted answers to. Which of the two would you put your trust in?
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If the Green party wants to succeed, it needs to discover its dark sideRichard Seymour: The party must successfully spell out who the enemy is and why, or it will fail to speak to disaffected Labour voters. It’s time to get its hands dirty
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Hugh Muir: First thoughts: The UK has chosen sanctions as a weapon against Russia, so why are we now inviting cultural exchanges?The British Museum is wrong to loan the Parthenon marbles to Russia
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Sheffield’s swing-vote students will elect nearly anyone except Nick CleggCyd Sturgess: We’ve been righteously stuffed by his U-turn on tuition fees and would like him to lose his Sheffield Hallam seat as payback
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