Black Lives Matter
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Derek Chauvin’s conviction in the George Floyd murder case could spell the end of police immunity
Courts and legislatures are increasingly finding fault with the qualified immunity extended to police forces.
Kent Roach, The Conversation
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Protests continue in Philadelphia for second night after police shooting of Black man
27-year-old Walter Wallace Jr was gunned down on Monday after he failed to drop the knife he was carrying.
Scroll Staff
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BTS’s $1-million donation to Black Lives Matter was an outlier in the K-pop industry
The Korean industry has a long history of staying out of political and social issues.
Hye Jin Lee, The Conversation
Trending
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Faltering economy, poor citizens, South Asia’s bully: The reality of India’s global ambitions
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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In Mathura, Muslims say they were denied their vote. No complaints in Hindu areas
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In his new book, journalist Boria Majumdar addresses BCCI’s two-year ban after an online controversy
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The use of hip-hop by Black Lives Matter carries forward a long tradition of protest music
The connection between race and music begin with Southern blues and continue through jazz and rhythm and blues.
Tyina Steptoe, The Conversation
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Falling statues: Equating Gandhi’s imperfect anti-colonialism with imperialism and slavery is absurd
Gandhi severely damaged the notion of White supremacy. To throw away that work for a notion of perfect progressiveness harms the Black Lives Matter movement.
Shoaib Daniyal
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Black teenager shot dead by Dallas police was driving away, not towards them, admits department
The officer responsible for the killing has been put on administrative leave, though he has not been arrested or charged.
Scroll Staff
Video
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Watch: Woman recreates pet parrot’s choreography
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Watch: Neighbours rescue infant from second floor sunshade after she fell from fourth floor balcony
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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Watch: Argentinian woman is crowned Miss Universe Buenos Aires at 60
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Suspected of stealing his own car: Watch this US police action video, released two years later
The police mounted an assault on a Black Phd student suspected of stealing a car – which belonged to him.
Scroll Staff
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How the Jim Crow internet is pushing back against Black Lives Matter
A scholar of visual culture sees a transition happening online.
Nicholas Mirzoeff, The Conversation
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'There comes a time when silence is betrayal': Serena Williams speaks out against racism in policing
In her Facebook post, the tennis champion quoted Martin Luther King and described her experience of a police vehicle pulling up next to hers.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ trailer: Barry Jenkins directs prequel to 2019 photorealistic animated film
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Start the week with a film: A divorce from hell in ‘The War of the Roses’
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Aditi Rao Hydari on playing diverse characters: ‘I want the audience to take me home with them’
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The story of India’s unique ‘Milk Revolution’ is going to the Cannes Film Festival
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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
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Asian Americans are sending their parents letters to explain what the Black Lives Matter campaign is
21 translations of one letter have been made. The Telugu one was particularly difficult as the literal translation of the word black is often used as an insult.
Hannah Harris Green
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It's 52 years since Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I have a dream' speech
Scroll Staff