‘They have lost control’: Why Minneapolis Burned.
Two days after George Floyd died, the police chief of Minneapolis called the mayor around dinnertime. He needed help. What had begun as peaceful protests...
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Washington and the N.F.L. Might Change the Redskins Name. Why Now?
By the time they take the field this fall — that’s assuming there is a season given the coronavirus pandemic — the National Football League...
Trump’s Re-election Message Is White Grievance
A lot of Republicans are acting puzzled about Donald Trump’s re-election pitch. “He has no message,” one Republican source told Reuters. “He needs to articulate...
In Japan, the Message of Anti-Racism Protests Fails to Hit Home
TOKYO — As protests were spreading around the globe in response to George Floyd’s killing by the police, Sierra Todd, an African-American undergraduate in Japan,...
Police Are Clearing Seattle’s Protest ‘Autonomous Zone’
SEATTLE — Police officers moved into an area near downtown Seattle early Wednesday where demonstrators had surrounded a police station and established a “no cop”...
Did Floyd Protests Lead to a Virus Surge? Here’s What We Know
For more than two months, the authorities had been urging New Yorkers to stay indoors and keep their distance from others. But after the police...
Hong Kong Security Law Sends a Chill Over the City
HONG KONG — A museum that commemorates the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre is rushing to digitize its archives, afraid its artifacts could be seized. Booksellers...
N.Y.C.’s Budget and a Cut to N.Y.P.D. Funding, Explained
ImageCredit…Diana Zeyneb Alhindawi for The New York Times New York City’s budget process isn’t usually this heated. As the city slowly reopens during the coronavirus...
Is Statue-Toppling a Monumental Error?
Gail Collins: Bret, long ago I wrote a trillion-part Fourth of July series of interviews with New Yorkers who were involved in the celebration of...
China Is Set to Pass Hong Kong Security Law
China passed a contentious new law for Hong Kong on Tuesday that would empower the authorities to crack down on opposition to Beijing, risking deeper...