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Three years after the murder of George Floyd, The Times spoke to more than 100 people about the ongoing psychological strain When a Black person is killed by the police, [...]

Byline: Robert Klemko and Emily Davies - - - Correction: A previous version of this article misstated the title of J.B. Smiley. He is Memphis City Council vice chair, not [...]

Byline: the Monitor's Editorial Board Abstract: As in many Latin American countries, Peru's upheavals are compelling some leaders to offer honest governance and perhaps uproot entrenched elites and corrupt ways. [...]

Byline: Robin Givhan In their mug shots, the five Black officers who were fired from the Memphis police department in the aftermath of Tyre Nichols's death and who have been [...]

The video of Memphis police beating Tyre Nichols challenges public complacency -- and complicity. What are our duties as citizens and as human beings? Do you have a civic duty [...]

Universities across Iran have erupted in protests after more than decade of being politically dormant, with students joining the unrest that has convulsed the country for the past three weeks. [...]

Byline: Suzette Hackney There's a pandemic in this country, and I'm not talking about COVID-19. Americans are experiencing policing practices that are abusive and aggressive at best and deadly at [...]

Byline: Holly Bailey and Tess Allen MINNEAPOLIS -- When Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murdering George Floyd last year, cries of joy erupted outside the courthouse where the former [...]

Byline: Edgardo Ayala SAN SALVADOR, Aug 05 (IPS) - The body of Walter Sandoval shows a number of dark bruises on his arms and knees, as well as lacerations on [...]

Byline: Shaylah Brown NorthJersey.com | USA TODAY NETWORK The video begins and within the first seconds, a person shouts: 'Why are you putting your hands on him? Stop!' 'He didn't [...]

For years, the leading experts have testified that prone restraint by police is safe. So why do people keep dying? GREENSBORO, Md. -- It was a warm Saturday evening when [...]

Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. Joshua Rashaad McFadden was trying to leave. Mr. McFadden, 30, [...]

Byline: Ledyard King, Savannah Behrmann and Chelsey Cox, USA TODAY WASHINGTON - The South Carolina lawmaker at the center of negotiations on an expansive policing bill found himself 'choking on [...]

Byline: Nikki Jones News cameras positioned in the Houston living room of George Floyd's family members captured an eruption of relief as the judge announced the verdict against Derek Chauvin [...]

Byline: Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY When Michael Brown, a Black teenager, was fatally shot by police in Ferguson, Missouri, a special White House panel quickly offered up a wave of [...]

MINNEAPOLIS -- Just seven hours before prosecutors opened their case against Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer charged with murdering George Floyd, a Chicago officer chased down a 13-year-old [...]

Byline: John Woodrow Cox and Michael S. Rosenwald For a moment, as the video played on his cellphone, Charles Welch thought he was about to watch a White police officer [...]

George Floyd's death vastly compounded public anger at the Minneapolis Police Department. But conflict was present before officers ever came in contact with Mr. Floyd -- so much so that [...]

Byline: Darcy Costello, USA TODAY LOUISVILLE, Ky. - In the wake of Breonna Taylor's death, Louisville has embraced a series of sweeping and historic police reforms. It banned no-knock search [...]

Byline: Donna M. Owens, Special to USA TODAY No one sets out to be a Black Lives Matter martyr. But somewhere along the way, as masked marchers from Louisville to [...]

It took Portland, Ore., almost $1 million in legal fees, efforts by two mayors and a police chief, and years of battle with the police union to defend the firing [...]

Some students in a mostly white New York suburb said the flag made them feel unsafe. Banning it prompted accusations of political bias. In late October, administrators in a suburban [...]

Under President Muhammadu Buhari, there is a sense that the country could burn to the ground. LAGOS, Nigeria -- For years, the name SARS hung in the air here in [...]

He was a young man from the projects gunned down by officers near his home. But race is complicated in South Africa, and so is his story. JOHANNESBURG, South Africa [...]

In a blistering speech, Joe Biden charged that crises ''have kept multiplying'' under President Trump's watch. It was an effort to refocus the spotlight on the incumbent after a week [...]

The protests, strikes and brutal police response invite comparison to Solidarity's campaign for freedom from Moscow 40 years ago. There are differences. WARSAW -- It is easy to admire the [...]

Byline: Johnny Perez, Opinion contributor, Special to USA TODAY George Floyd cried for his mother as he was dying, in very much the same way that a helpless child screams [...]

It was the silence that spoke loudest. No basketballs pounding on hardwood. All games canceled. No baseballs cracking off bats. Three games canceled. No soccer balls ricocheting down the field. [...]

As Republicans sensed a political opportunity, the Democratic nominee sought to turn attention back to the pandemic and highlighted the president's tendency to inflame volatile situations. Joseph R. Biden Jr. [...]

For Print Use Only. The following editorial appears on The Washington Post: Virginia's General Assembly will gather for a special session next week. After months of sustained protests against police [...]

Byline: Max Bearak and Rael Ombuor NAIROBI -Late on the night of June 27, 2018, a crowd gathered in a slum in Kenya's capital, incensed at two young men who, [...]

In the wake of outrage over Mr. Floyd's death, several deadly episodes involving the police are receiving renewed attention. ATLANTA -- The story of Elijah McClain's death, which came after [...]

Minor offenses should not lead to deadly encounters with officers. But when police brutality happens, the state should come down hard. Watching the suffocation of George Floyd in Minneapolis raises [...]