Relationship Between Police and Media Grows Increasingly Tense 2020-06-18

The Takeaway

Relationship Between Police and Media Grows Increasingly Tense

As the uprising for racial justice continues around the country, journalists in the United States are increasingly the targets of direct and hostile confrontations with law enforcement.

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What Juneteenth Means At this Moment

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