Why the prosecution of a Minneapolis police officer is such a rarity

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That Derek Chauvin was arrested and charged makes him an outlier. Police rarely face criminal charges for actions that might land an ordinary person in the dock


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Why the prosecution of a Minneapolis police officer is such a rarity



The officer pressed his knee on George Floyd’s neck — the kind of technique that many departments have banned.


Protests in Minnesota Renew Scrutiny of Klobuchar’s Record as Prosecutor

Amy Klobuchar, now being considered as a potential running mate, oversaw several cases involving police shootings in Minneapolis as a prosecutor.

Trump’s Looting Remarks Escalate Growing Crisis in Minneapolis

President Trump issued a violent ultimatum to protesters in Minneapolis and inserted himself in a harshly divisive fashion into the growing crisis there.

Despite reaching a sombre milestone in its battle against covid-19, America is handling the pandemic better than most think. Our cover this

Despite reaching a sombre milestone in its battle against covid-19, America is handling the pandemic better than most think. Our cover this week https://econ.trib.al/W8IUFCg

U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll, Highest in World, Surpasses 100,000

U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll, Highest in World, Surpasses 100,000

• The milestone comes just months after the country’s first known case was confirmed, according to a New York Times tally.
• The death toll, far higher than in any other nation, exceeds the number of U.S. military combat fatalities in every conflict since the Korean War.
• California reached at least 100,000 known infections. Scientists are revising their timelines of how the virus spread. Here’s the latest.

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A €750 Billion Virus Recovery Plan Thrusts Europe Into a New Frontier

Adopting the proposal would make history for the bloc, vesting authority in Brussels in ways that more closely resembled a central government.

The virus is accelerating dechurching in America

One in five churches—and one in three mainline ones—could close for good within the next 18 months

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The virus is accelerating dechurching in America

The share of Americans who attend church every Sunday could be as low

美众院中国工作组根据美中五大冲突做出分工

【美众院中国工作组根据美中五大冲突做出分工】众议院“中国工作组”（China Task Force）由众院国会共和党议员5月7日成立，是国会共和党议员们在中国问题方面的主要智囊。工作组主席、众议院外交委员会首席共和党成员麦考尔(Michael McCaul)5月19日宣布“中国工作组”将分为国家安全、科技、经济与能源、竞争力和意识形态竞争这五个支柱(pillar)小组，就中国构成的威胁提出各自的政策建议。 https://www.voachinese.com/a/5426890.html

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美众院中国工作组根据美中五大冲突做出分工

美国众议院共和党“中国工作组”进行支柱责任分工，就中国构成的威胁

Private equity is ruining American health care, and the pandemic could make things even worse.

NEW: Private equity is ruining American health care, and the pandemic could make things even worse. Here's how.

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How Private Equity Is Ruining American Health Care

Investors have been buying up doctor’s offices, cutting costs, and, critic

美國眾議院勉強通過3萬億美元疫情救助議案，鮑威爾稱經濟復蘇之路漫長而不確定

美國眾議院勉強通過3萬億美元疫情救助議案 美國眾議院上周五晚間勉強通過了一份涉及廣泛的3萬億美元疫情救助計劃。過去一周，民主黨領導人一直在努力壓制來自該黨內部不同方面的反對聲音。

鮑威爾稱經濟復蘇之路漫長而不確定 美聯儲主席鮑威爾在周日播出的訪談節目中表示，在受到新冠病毒疫情的衝擊后，美國經濟可能需要一年多的時間才能復蘇。

America's welfare system is creaking

A long economic expansion has left the country's unemployment system woefully underfunded

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America's welfare system is creaking

Millions are left waiting

By June 6, the cumulative death toll in the U.S. will reach 110,000. 美國仍然沒有一個標準、集中、協調一致的計劃來帶應對疫情

Projections of deaths from COVID-19 vary wildly. How are we to make sense of the differences? One researcher has developed a model that compares and merges them all. And the resulting forecast is sobering: By June 6, the cumulative death toll in the U.S. will reach 110,000. (Listening time, 3:08 or read the story)


美國疫情“吹哨人”、前負責研發疫苗的聯邦機構負責人里克·布萊特警告稱，阻止“現代史上最黑暗的冬天”到來的時間已所剩無幾。他對國會表示 ，這場大流行病可能會“變得更糟，並延續下去”，並稱美國應對疾病的窗口正在關閉，而該國仍然沒有一個標準、集中、協調一致的計劃來帶應對疫情。
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Up to 43m Americans could lose health insurance amid pandemic, report says

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Up to 43m Americans could lose health insurance amid pandemic, report says

如何處理與中國的貿易關係？

美國總統川普上週五稱，他「與中國的關係目前非常艱難」，尚未決定如何處理與中國的貿易關係。上週四晚上，在兩國高級貿易代表討論了雙方的第一階段貿易協議後，川普在接受福斯新聞採訪時發表了上述講話。川普此前威脅要就中國處理新冠疫情的方式對其實施制裁，但在週五的採訪中沒有發出這樣的威脅。

Why the unemployed in America could face a lost decade

Even if unemployment falls as quickly as it did after the Great Depression, a return to pre-pandemic rates could still take half a decade

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Why the unemployed in America could face a lost decade