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RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

• Your big questions about race, answered (July 2020)
• Everyday words and phrases that have racist connotations (July 2020)
• Why experts say we should be wary of the ‘outside agitator’ narrative (June 2020)
• A guide to how you can support marginalized communities (May 2020)
• In protests around the world, one image stands out (November 2019)
• Black kids go missing at a higher rate than White kids. Here’s why we don’t hear about them. (November 2019)
• The Cherokee Nation wants a representative in Congress, taking the US up on a promise it made nearly 200 years ago (August 2019)
• A movement inspired by MLK is waging a new war on poverty (January 2019)
• How a ‘lack of civility’ propelled the civil rights movement (July 2018)
• The US has a long history of separating families (June 2018)
• FYI: English isn’t the official language of the US (May 2018)

gENDER

• At least 22 transgender people were killed in 2019. But the numbers don’t tell the full story. (November 2019)
• So-called virginity tests are unreliable, invasive and sexist. Yet, they persist. (November 2019)
• Asexuality isn’t celibacy or abstinence. Here’s what it is — and isn’t. (October 2019)
• Why it matters what pronouns you use to refer to people and what to do if you slip up (October 2019)

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

• Public shaming has become a common pastime during the pandemic. But it doesn’t work. (June 2020)
• Why the rush to reopen churches goes beyond politics (May 2020)
• When store workers are forced to turn sheriff (May 2020)
• The once-disappearing phone call is making a comeback (May 2020)
• The coronavirus pandemic is hitting Black and brown Americans especially hard on all fronts (May 2020)
• The opioid epidemic was already a national crisis. Covid-19 could be making things worse (May 2020)
• Why rural Americans are having a hard time working from home (April 2020)
• The pandemic is messing with our concept of time (April 2020)
• The coronavirus pandemic has been catastrophic for house cleaners and nannies (April 2020)
• Lorena Borjas, a transgender Latina activist who fought for immigrants and sex workers, has died of Covid-19 (April 2020)
• Yes, we have long referred to disease outbreaks by geographic places. Here’s why we shouldn’t anymore. (March 2020)

Policing

• There’s a renewed call for police body cameras. Here’s why that may not be the right solution. (June 2020)
• Why some cops rally around colleagues each other even when they’re accused of committing crimes (June 2020)
• Videos often contradict what police say in reports. Here’s why some officers lie (June 2020)

on the ground

• People tried to talk slain Houston deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal out of joining the force. But he was determined to make a difference. (October 2019)
• Slain Sikh deputy remembered as a pioneer and a role model ‘with a heart of gold’ (October 2019)

POLITICS

• The US-Iran conflict: A timeline of how we got here (January 2020)

CNN’s ‘5 Things’ newsletter

• July 7: Coronavirus, election, Supreme Court, Hong Kong, police
• July 6: Coronavirus, gun violence, China, gas pipeline, Japan
• June 26: Coronavirus, police, Obamacare, India, White supremacy
• June 25: Coronavirus, Joe Biden, Ahmaud Arbery, Roundup, tariffs
• June 24: Coronavirus, Justice Department, NASCAR, Mexico, Canada
• And many more …

LIVE COVERAGE

• Donald Trump and India’s Narendra Modi visit Houston
• Deadly shooting in El Paso, Texas
• Thousands march in the streets of New York for WorldPride
• Deadly shooting at California synagogue
• Sri Lanka attack death toll rises to 290
• 50 dead in terror attack at New Zealand mosques
• Dozens killed in Christchurch mosque attack
• President Trump speaks at CPAC
• Democrats mark the anniversary of ‘Bloody Sunday’
• Democrats hit the campaign trail
• Virginia politics in chaos
• Migrant caravan presses north toward the border