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![Washington NFL team owner Dan Snyder is seen on the field before a game at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, August 19, 2017.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/07/2020_0713-washington-nfl-team-400x300.jpg)
Washington NFL Team Drops Its Racist Name Following Decades of Activism
The retirement of the racist team name is official.
![A sign is posted in front of a Bank of America office on July 16, 2018, in San Francisco, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/07/2020_0713-bank-of-america-400x300.jpg)
Trump Regulator Shelved Discrimination Probes Into Big Banks and Other Lenders
At least six investigations into mortgage loan redlining have been halted or stalled against staff recommendations.
![A participant holds a No Justice No Peace sign at a protest in Brooklyn, New York, July 4, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/07/2020_0709-no-justice-sign-400x300.jpg)
Hate Groups Rake In PPP Loans as Racial Justice Movement Expands
Several hate groups have been granted up to seven-figure loans by the federal government's Paycheck Protection Program.
![Cops watch people protest from behind a chain link fence](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/07/2020_0708-police-400x300.jpg)
Abolish Policing, Not Just the Police
Maya Schenwar, Victoria Law and Mariame Kaba discuss abolishing the police and policing.
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Frederick Douglass Statue Torn Down on Anniversary of Famous July 4 Speech
The landmark 1852 speech by the Black abolitionist was titled, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”
![White journalists meet in the Page One conference room near the newsroom at the New York Times Building in May 2008, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/07/2020_0706-nyt-newsroom-400x300.jpg)
Antiracism Must Be a Priority in Every Newsroom
Racism in the newsroom cannot be swept under the rug once racial injustice leaves the top mainstream headlines.
![Black Lives Matter protesters remove an American flag as they gather at a closed security checkpoint before a rally that Donald Trump will hold later in the evening at the BOK Center on June 20, 2020, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/07/GettyImages-1221515278-400x300.jpg)
July Fourth Never Meant Anything to a Disabled Black Woman Like Me
I cannot celebrate a country that has systematically disenfranchised Black people and has written off disabled people.
![A protester holds up a sign that says, "Say Her Name" while holding their iPhone during the Black Womxn's Empowerment March in New York City on June 12, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/07/GettyImages-1249296829-scaled-e1593785340174-400x300.jpg)
How to Protect Yourself From Retaliation When Filming Police Brutality
Here’s what you can do after you film the police to protect the victims, their families and yourself.
![NYPD officers block the entrance of Brooklyn Bridge as protesters march near City Hall on June 25, 2020 in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/06/2020_0630-protest-invest-400x300.jpg)
Can Making Black Lives Matter Rescue a Failing State?
The U.S. must address the demands of those it has failed from its inception if it is to break its rush to collapse.
![NAACP’s Derrick Johnson on Mississippi’s State Flag, Trump’s White Power Tweet & Boycotting Facebook](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/06/SEG2-Johnson-Flag-Split-400x300.jpg)
Mississippi Votes to Remove the Confederate Emblem From Flag
The historic vote makes Mississippi the last state to remove the Confederate battle emblem from its flag.