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This undated photo provided by the family of Robert Fuller via Najee Ali shows Robert Fuller, who was found dead Wednesday, hanging from a tree in Palmdale, Calif.

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California City Residents Demand Answers After Black Man Found Hanging From Tree

7:21pm June 14, 2020

by Jason Slotkin

Los Angeles County officials said Robert Fuller's death was likely a suicide. Fuller's body was found Wednesday in a park in Palmdale. Public officials are joining those already demanding answers.

Morgann Freeman, an activist in Omaha, Neb., ran for Congress last year. She says the best way to bring about change is through the ballot box.

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In Omaha, Protesters Vow To Keep Pushing For Systemic Policing Changes

6:40pm June 14, 2020

by Kirk Siegler

Omaha, Neb., community organizer Morgann Freeman believes this year's election is still the best place to affect change.

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Rebekah Jones says she was fired after she refused to manipulate coronavirus data at the Florida Health Department. Now she has launched her own COVID-19 data portal for the state.

Fired Florida Data Scientist Launches A Coronavirus Dashboard Of Her Own

6:15pm June 14, 2020

by Laurel Wamsley

Rebekah Jones says she was fired after refusing to manipulate COVID-19 data. Her new portal is a reflection of how contentious coronavirus data has become amid battles over the states' reopening.

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The Fight Against Racial Injustice Is Transatlantic

5:56pm June 14, 2020

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Gary Younge, professor of sociology at the University of Manchester, about the way racism in the U.S. affects how Europeans think about racism in their own countries.

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Report: Trust In American Institutions Has Been Dropping For Decades

5:51pm June 14, 2020

NPR's Michel Martin discusses a new study, "Our Common Purpose: Reinventing America for the 21st Century," with two people who worked on it: professor Danielle Allen and Justice Wallace Jefferson.

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Protests Spur Canadian Activists To Confront Racism In Their Own Nation

5:39pm June 14, 2020

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with writer and activist Desmond Cole about racism in Canada and ongoing protests there in response to the killing of George Floyd.

Brendon Ayanbadejo, an activist and former NFL player, drew criticism for voicing his support for same-sex marriage. He calls the league's recent shift on players who protest "just a moral victory."

Former NFL Star And Activist Calls League's Shift On Protests 'Just A Moral Victory'

5:39pm June 14, 2020

Brendon Ayanbadejo, an equal rights activist who faced criticism for his own outspokenness while playing for the Baltimore Ravens, wishes the NFL's move to embrace protesting athletes came sooner.

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Rep. Denver Riggleman, R-Va., who's seen here speaking on the House floor on Dec. 18, 2019, lost a GOP convention Saturday that was done via drive-through because of the coronavirus pandemic. He was defeated by Bob Good, a former official in the athletics

Virginia Rep. Riggleman, Who Officiated Same-Sex Wedding, Loses Republican Primary

3:59pm June 14, 2020

by Hannah Hagemann

The first-term congressman lost to challenger Bob Good, who had called Riggleman "out of step with the base of the party" on marriage, immigration and other issues.

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump depart the White House on May 27.

'The Art Of Her Deal' Aims To Show Melania Trump As An Influential Collaborator

3:15pm June 14, 2020

by Annalisa Quinn

The flattening effect of political discourse, insipidity of the first lady role and her own remoteness have led us to either forget she has an inner life — or to imagine her as an elegant prisoner.

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Latinos And Asians Grapple With Racism, Allyship Amid Ongoing Protests

10:40am June 14, 2020

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Jay Caspian Kang and William Garcia-Medina on the complex issues surrounding race relations within Asian and Latino communities and movements for Black Lives.

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