United States | Measuring deprivation
The grim racial inequalities behind America’s protests
Profound economic, health and judicial disparities help explain the fury over George Floyd’s death
ON THE EIGHTH day of protests against the killing of George Floyd, Donald Trump boasted about his record on reducing black poverty and unemployment and passing criminal-justice reform. “My Admin”, he tweeted, “has done more for the Black Community than any president since Abraham Lincoln.” Is that true? Are African-Americans better off under Mr Trump, and what does that have to do with the protests?
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