August
- Analysis
- Diversity
Is this the end of the line for diversity policies?
One of the most important management trends of the past decade may no longer be equal to the occasion.
- Aaron Patrick
June 2021
Derek Chauvin gets 22 1/2 years in prison for George Floyd’s murder
Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, was immediately led back to prison after being sentenced. His request for a new trial was denied.
- Amy Forliti and Steve Karnowski
April 2021
After Floyd verdict, US Congress plunges back into policing laws
Legislation that was once stalled on Capitol Hill is now closer than ever to consensus, legislators of both parties said a day after a Minneapolis jury found former officer Derek Chauvin guilty of murder and manslaughter.
- Lisa Mascaro
Biden expresses relief at Chauvin verdict in prime-time address
The US President said the outcome of the trial had the potential to be a ‘moment of significant change’ and called on Congress to pass federal policing reform in George Floyd’s memory.
- Lauren Fedor and Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson
- Updated
- Crime
Chauvin conviction of Floyd murder heralds new era
President Joe Biden praised a guilty verdict in the murder trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin, but called it a “too rare” step to deliver “basic accountability” for black Americans killed during interactions with police.
- Adam Taylor and Erik Larson
March 2021
George Floyd’s family to receive record $35m settlement
The settlement is the highest ever paid by the city of Minneapolis, eclipsing the amount paid to the family of Justine Damond, who killed by a police officer in 2017.
- Holly Bailey and Toluse Olorunnipa
November 2020
- Opinion
- US votes 2020
The three lessons for Australia in the US election
To avoid the excessive partisanship of deeply divided America, we must guard against turning those who built this country into pariahs.
- Alexander Downer
- Opinion
- US votes 2020
One thing is clear: America remains bitterly divided
The more disturbing issue is not who wins the presidency, but how they will they govern when the US is more polarised than at any time since the Civil War.
- Tom Switzer
August 2020
- Opinion
- US election
Harris shows Democrats are chasing a broader mandate
Picking the former Californian attorney-general potentially shifts the US election from a choice between two old white men to a choice over the future of the country.
- Gordon Flake
July 2020
Trump threatens to send Federal forces to more cities
Governors and other officials reacted angrily to the President's move, calling it an election-year ploy.
- Peter Baker, Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Monica Davey
Redskins NFL team to rebrand after sponsor revolt
The name and logo of one of the US football code's oldest and most successful teams has been offensive to Native Americans for decades and is being changed following the death of George Floyd.
- Updated
- Frank Pingue
June 2020
How Trump is forcing Obama's hand
The 44th president's plans for a quiet retirement have been hijacked by the guy whose head he 'rents space in'.
- Glenn Thrush and Elaina Plott
- Analysis
- Protests
Black Lives Matter hijacked by anti-Semitism
Extreme anti-racists see Israel as the world's single biggest problem.
- Zoe Strimpel
Nestlé to rename Australian lollies amid race debate
The move to rebrand Red Skins and Chicos is part of the corporate world's reckoning with the treatment of African Americans after the death of George Floyd.
- Swati Pandey
- Analysis
- Black Lives Matter
From Columbus to Confederates, statue fury boils over
The statues of those regarded by many as heroes are bearing the brunt of a wave of anger from protesters keen to rewrite a nation's history.
- Sarah Mervosh, Simon Romero and Lucy Tompkins
- Opinion
- Culture wars
History is better served by putting the Men in Stone in museums
Changing attitudes towards racial injustice will affect who we consider tolerable and who intolerable to memorialise.
- Simon Schama
- Exclusive
- Black Lives Matter
Tony Abbott condemns action to remove Rhodes statues
The former PM and Rhodes Scholar said modern life was built on the work of people like Cecil Rhodes, the British imperialist.
- Aaron Patrick
CrossFit gyms rebrand after CEO's insensitive tweet about George Floyd
Within 48 hours of Greg Glassman's comment, several gyms disassociated themselves from the CrossFit brand and Reebok ended its corporate sponsorship.
- Des Bieler and Jena McGregor
Calls for lawyer to be disbarred after she spat on black protester
A white Wisconsin lawyer was arrested after she was caught on video spitting at a 17-year-old black protester, who has subsequently spoken out about the ordeal.
- Meagan Flynn
- Opinion
- The AFR View
The United States is bigger than an erratic president
Donald Trump is erratic at home and unconstructive abroad. Allies such as Australia must help keep American power engaged.
- The AFR View