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  George Floyd: Three former police officers found guilty of depriving him civil rights as he was killed The men failed to help George Floyd as their colleague Derek Chauvin, who is in prison for his murder, pinned him to the ground with his knee. His death prompted huge protests around the world against police brutality and racism. By Rachel Russell, news reporter Friday 25 February 2022 13:17, UK Sky News Three former Minneapolis police officers have been found guilty of depriving George Floyd of his civil rights by failing to give aid when...

  The Prince Andrew affair has shown us how fragile the monarchy really is Martin Kettle This started as a scandal about one man’s behaviour. It could end up a story about the kind of country we choose to be. If a uniformed flunkey holding aloft a vellum scroll had stood in front of Buckingham Palace and read it out for the benefit of the world’s cameras on Tuesday afternoon, the message from the official proclamation would have boiled down to this: “The royal embarrassment is over. Long live the royal embarrassment.” This week’s out of court settlement of Virginia Giuffre’s sexual assault claims against Prince Andrew is not the tidy closure of a tawdry affair. The sleazy content of the allegations and the prince’s boneheaded response to them have not merely discredited him personally – though they have done that so conclusively that only someone as obstinate as he is could think otherwise. They have also shaken the monarchy itself, and at an extremely delicate time – ...

  Opinion: Biden must embrace his own logic on voting rights   By E.J. Dionne Jr. Columnist | Nothing better exemplified the dysfunctional and confused state of American politics than this week’s split-screen news cycle. It raised the question: How can you have normal government in a democracy in crisis? On Tuesday, President Biden warned against “raw and sustained election subversion” that challenges self-government itself and is “a test of our time.” Hours later, normal government was back as top Democrats across the party’s factions announced agreement on a $3.5 trillion spending bill ratifying most of Biden’s economic priorities. Once again, they belied predictions that self-sabotaging bickering between the center and left would doom sweeping social reforms and major investments to counter climate change. Biden’s Philadelphia speech decried a “21st century Jim Crow assault” on voting rights embodied in Republican efforts in more than a dozen states to make it ...

 https://www.theguardian.com Truth Social: will Trump’s ‘free speech haven’ overcome its rocky start? Technical snags, criticisms of its terms of service and questions about copyright infringement plague the app’s kickoff Kari Paul in San Francisco Sun 27 Feb 2022 06.00 GMT Donald Trump last week launched his long-awaited social media app, Truth Social, luring users with the promises of a platform free from “discrimination against political ideology”. But with tech glitches plaguing the platform and early criticisms of its content policies the rollout is already raising questions about its future. Even though social media was instrumental to his rise, Trump for years had accused platforms like Facebook, Twitter and others of censorship. In 2021, he was permanently removed from most major sites for his role in inciting the insurrection at the Capitol. In response, he promised to launch his own firm, establishing Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) and positioning ...

  First Amendment: Freedom of Speech, Religion, and the Press Second Amendment:  Right to Bear Arms Third Amendment: Quartering Soldiers Fourth Amendment: Unreasonable Search and Seizure Fifth Amendment: Rights of Persons Sixth Amendment: Rights of the Accused Seventh Amendment: Civil Trials Eighth Amendment: Cruel and Unusual Punishment Ninth Amendment: Other Rights Tenth Amendment: Powers Reserved for the States Eleventh Amendment: Lawsuits Against States Twelfth Amendment: Presidential Elections Thirteenth Amendment: Slavery and Involuntary Servitude Fourteenth Amendment: Due Process and Equal Protection Fifteenth Amendment: Racial Equality in Voting Sixteenth Amendment: Income Tax Seventeenth Amendment: Election of U.S. Senators Eighteenth Amendment: Prohibition Nineteenth Amendment: Women's Right to Vote Twentieth Amendment: Presidential Succession Twenty-First Amendment:...

  https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/22/upshot/abortion-us-roe-global.html?smid=url-share   On Abortion Law, the U.S. Is Unusual. Without Roe, It Would Be, Too. Many rich democracies have earlier cutoffs for abortion — but allow it later for a variety of reasons. And around the world, it has been much more common to expand access than restrict it By Claire Cain Miller and Margot Sanger-Katz Published Jan. 22, 2022 Updated Jan. 23, 2022 Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said last month that the United States was an international outlier in allowing abortion more than halfway through pregnancy. That later cutoff, he said, places the United States in the company of North Korea and China. It’s true in some ways, but not all. Few countries allow abortion without restriction until fetal viability, the cutoff set by Roe v. Wade, which was decided 49 years ago today. Because of medical advances, that is now around 23 weeks. And only around a dozen other countries allow abortio...

  vocabulary: a few useful phrases   Again and again : frequently, repeatedly Now and again: once in a while, at times, from time to time, occasionally All in all: Everything being taken into account   All in all, it was a pleasant journey. All and sundry: everyone, one and all    All and sundry were invited too... Bag and baggage: with all one’s possessions Bread and butter: a job that provides you with the money you need to make a living; someone’s basic income     Customers are the bread and butter of every business. Chock-a-block: jammed, squeezed together, stuffed    This part of the city is chock-a-block with dilapidated buildings. Pick and choose: select with great care See eye to eye :  agree about something with someone else Give and take: compromise, make concessions    We all have to give and take in life. Ins and outs: correct way to do something    She...