George Floyd anniversary, Trump s legal worries, UFOs and other top Opinion reads this week
From unemployment, to Trump s corruption, and the anniversary of George Floyd s death, here are some of our top Opinion reads you may have missed.
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In today s fast-paced news environment, it can be hard to keep up. For your weekend reading, we ve started in-case-you-missed-it compilations of some of the week s top USA TODAY Opinion pieces. As always, thanks for reading, and for your feedback. USA TODAY Opinion editors
By Matt Bennett and Jon Cowan You can write it down: Jan. 6, 2025, will be a hinge date in history. On that day, American democracy either will live or die. And if we do not take aggressive steps to ensure that Democrats control the House of Representatives when we get there, the prognosis for our republic is grim.
Police killed hundreds of people of color after George Floyd fueled calls for racial justice Claire Thornton, USA TODAY
In the year since former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd, law enforcement killed hundreds of people of color in the United States. While the guilty Chauvin verdict was a victory for the Floyd family, justice never came for other families of people killed by police.
Those families, and other organizers in Minnesota, are still calling for police accountability.
For the one year anniversary of George Floyd s death, we re bringing you the stories of Minnesota activists and George Floyd s brother, Philonise Floyd.
Severe weather threatens the South
More severe weather – including a possible tornado in the Atlanta area – roared across the storm-battered South on Monday, a day after multiple tornadoes were reported in Mississippi, causing damage but no injuries. A tornado warning was issued for portions of the Atlanta metro area Monday morning, but it expired after the storm moved through the region. A tornado watch remained in effect for portions of central Alabama and central Georgia. The weather service said severe thunderstorms and heavy rains may bring damaging gusts, large hail, a few tornadoes and flash flooding across parts of the southern Plains into the Southeast and middle Mississippi and lower Ohio Valleys throughout the day Monday.