From Jobs To Homeownership, Protests Put Spotlight On Economic Divide Police brutality has sparked days of civil unrest. But the sparks have landed in a tinderbox built over decades of economic inequality, now exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. Scott Horsley
Protests Keep Raging Around The U.S. A Week After George Floyd's Death Protests over George Floyd's death in the police custody in Minneapolis — some peaceful and others violent — continued Monday, a week after his death.
June 1st | A diversity of tactics at Seattle protests Thousands of people took to the streets over the police killings and over-policing of Black people in America. We speak with Mayor Durkan, organizers and demonstrators about police escalation of violence at protests in Seattle and Bellevue. Bill Radke
A peaceful protest in Bellevue alongside looting and destruction Sirens and helicopters surrounded protesters. Then tear gas was shot into the crowd. Esmy Jimenez
Following George Floyd's Death, Racism Is A Major Topic Of Discussion NPR's Noel King sits down with three African America residents of different generations to discuss how much, or how little, has changed when it comes to racism in modern America.
Black Lives Matter Activist Wanted To Be A Cop. Why Didn't He? NPR's Noel King talks to Rashad Turner, founder of the Black Lives Matter chapter in St. Paul, Minn., about the death of George Floyd, who died last week while in police custody in Minneapolis.
Violence Escalates As Protests Over George Floyd Death Continue In Minneapolis, where Floyd died, a semitrailer drove into a crowd of peaceful protester on an interstate. Elsewhere, there were reports of police firing tear gas and rubber bullets. David Schaper
George Floyd Reverberates Globally: Thousands Protest In Germany, U.K., Canada The killing of George Floyd has sprung a global movement against inequality and racism; protests were seen over the weekend in the U.K., Germany and Canada. Hannah Hagemann
Biden Leaves To Visit Delaware Protest Site Former Vice President Joe Biden left his house for the second time in a week to visit the location of protests last night. Posting about the unannounced trip, Biden wrote "We are a nation in pain." Scott Detrow
Former NAACP Head Cornell Brooks Blames Derek Chauvin For Violence At Protests "There would be no protests, there would be no demonstrations, had Derek Chauvin not killed George Floyd," former NAACP President Cornell Brooks tells All Things Considered. Michel Martin
