‘Our generation’s world war’: the first day back at school after coronavirus lockdown

Aston University Engineering Academy, a secondary school and sixth form in central Birmingham, has had to overcome myriad issues simply to safely open its doors to vastly reduced numbers of students. The headteacher, Daniel Locke-Wheaton, explains why inner-city schools are disproportionately affected by the pandemic, and why a full return in September will be impossible, while his students discuss their return to this new normal for education Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► https://ift.tt/16bR3Lu Support the Guardian ► https://ift.tt/2VEEwKb Today in Focus podcast ► https://ift.tt/2D74a4z Sign up for the Guardian documentaries newsletter ► https://ift.tt/2feoDdN The Guardian ► https://ift.tt/1AFLGzy The Guardian YouTube network: Guardian News ► https://ift.tt/1J9JUwL Owen Jones talks ► http://bit.ly/subsowenjones Guardian Football ► https://ift.tt/1yECE17 Guardian Sport ► http://bit.ly/GDNsport Guardian Culture ► https://ift.tt/16bR6H2

Masks, beers and 2m visits: life in a care home after a coronavirus outbreak

In April, St Ronans care home in Southsea, Portsmouth, tested positive for coronavirus. Without readily available testing, staff think Covid-19 infected about 25 of their residents. Four died  with symptoms or suspected symptoms. Through a mixture of videos shot by workers inside the home and interviews filmed outside, they discuss how they survived the pandemic, and how staff, residents and relatives are adjusting to the 'new normal' Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► https://ift.tt/16bR3Lu Life in lockdown: coronavirus, BLM and inequality in east London | Anywhere but Westminster ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fw7FRzv354 Young people look beyond coronavirus lockdown | A New Normal ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcG_sk-JG0I Support the Guardian ► https://ift.tt/2VEEwKb Today in Focus podcast ► https://ift.tt/2D74a4z Sign up for the Guardian documentaries newsletter ► https://ift.tt/2feoDdN The Guardian ► https://ift.tt/1AFLGzy The Guardian YouTube network: Guardian News ► https://ift.tt/1J9JUwL Owen Jones talks ► http://bit.ly/subsowenjones Guardian Football ► https://ift.tt/1yECE17 Guardian Sport ► http://bit.ly/GDNsport Guardian Culture ► https://ift.tt/16bR6H2

What does it mean to defund the police?

The Black Lives Matter protests in the US, which escalated in response to the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, have brought the little-known but decades-old campaign to abolish US police into the spotlight. But what are abolitionists calling for, and how would a police-free society work? Josh Toussaint-Strauss explores the arguments for abolition with a campaigner from MPD150 and Reclaim the Block, and also Sam Levin, LA correspondent for Guardian US Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► https://ift.tt/16bR3Lu Support the Guardian ► https://ift.tt/2VEEwKb Today in Focus podcast ► https://ift.tt/2D74a4z Sign up for the Guardian documentaries newsletter ► https://ift.tt/2feoDdN The Guardian ► https://ift.tt/1AFLGzy The Guardian YouTube network: Guardian News ► https://ift.tt/1J9JUwL Owen Jones talks ► http://bit.ly/subsowenjones Guardian Football ► https://ift.tt/1yECE17 Guardian Sport ► http://bit.ly/GDNsport Guardian Culture ► https://ift.tt/16bR6H2 Sources: Mapping Violence ► https://ift.tt/2ix5pM6 Open Policing ► https://ift.tt/2ssCijI A large-scale analysis of racial disparities in police stops across the United States ► https://ift.tt/3baClpn New York City budget ► https://ift.tt/3doaAdV Crime clearance rate in the United States in 2018 ► https://ift.tt/2g9eKJa Evidence that curtailing proactive policing can reduce major crime https://ift.tt/2htI3sh A large-scale analysis of racial disparities in police ► stops across the United States https://ift.tt/2F936h9 Researchers studied nearly 100 million traffic stops and found black motorists are more likely to be pulled over ► https://ift.tt/2YqjUtE Further reading: What are we talking about when we talk about “a police-free future? ► https://ift.tt/3dp7XZ6 Reclaim the block ► https://ift.tt/3gCQ6ke What does 'defund the police' mean? The rallying cry sweeping the US – explained ► https://ift.tt/2MAfdXe 'It's not about bad apples': how US police reforms have failed to stop brutality and violence ► https://ift.tt/2N3ckhS 19 dead in a decade: the small American city where violent police thrive ► https://ift.tt/37rhXQk Minneapolis lawmakers vow to disband police department in historic move ► https://ift.tt/2Um6r3n Who do you serve, and who do you protect? ► https://ift.tt/38293t7 Change Everything: Racial Capitalism and the Case for Abolition ► https://ift.tt/2YYWSsB Cities Ask if It’s Time to Defund Police and ‘Reimagine’ Public Safety ► https://ift.tt/3gVXVlj "We don't have time to wait": Minneapolis anti-police brutality organizer Kandace Montgomery on defunding the police ► https://ift.tt/2UehPOZ Defund the Police ► https://ift.tt/3cyyvXt Defunding the Police Is Good Climate Policy ► https://ift.tt/3ePmdM1 How Police Unions Became Such Powerful Opponents to Reform Efforts ► https://ift.tt/3eUWeCY On The Path Toward Police Abolition ► https://ift.tt/2Y5QHTp

Life in lockdown: Coronavirus and racial inequality meet in east London

As people finally emerge into a changed reality, the Anywhere But Westminster team focuses on East London, where Covid-19 has fused with the Black Lives Matter moment and huge injustices are now impossible to ignore. Young people in particular are agreed: there's no going back to the world of 12 weeks ago Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► https://ift.tt/16bR3Lu Watch more Anywhere but Westminster videos here ► https://ift.tt/28WdcD3 More information on Concorde, a youth centre featured in this film ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcTsxfEsQF8&feature=emb_title Support the Guardian ► https://ift.tt/2VEEwKb Today in Focus podcast ► https://ift.tt/2D74a4z Sign up for the Guardian documentaries newsletter ► https://ift.tt/2feoDdN The Guardian ► https://ift.tt/1AFLGzy The Guardian YouTube network: Guardian News ► https://ift.tt/1J9JUwL Owen Jones talks ► http://bit.ly/subsowenjones Guardian Football ► https://ift.tt/1yECE17 Guardian Sport ► http://bit.ly/GDNsport Guardian Culture ► https://ift.tt/16bR6H2

‘I'm very aware I’m mixed race here’: organising a rural UK Black Lives Matter protest

Small towns, as well as big cities, across the UK have been holding Black Lives Matter protests and continue to do so. Flora, 23, meets fellow activists Hannah, Annabel and Alex for the first time at the demo they are organising together in their home town of Yeovil, in Somerset. Flora, who is mixed race,  moved to the area from south London when she was 10. She talks about the difficulties of living somewhere rural but also about how her parents don’t have any regrets  Cover Image by Sue Nitti

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How Covid-19 has devasted a family-run zoo: ‘You can’t furlough an otter’

Andy Cowell runs the Fenn Bell Conservation Project in Medway, Kent. After 12 weeks of closure due to Covid-19, as running costs mounted, zoos were suddenly told with less than a week’s notice that they could reopen on Monday 15 June to reduced visitors. But smaller zoos such as Fenn Bell have had to spend funds they barely had just to create space for visitors to visit safely, and Cowell is still a couple of weeks away from being ready. He tells Richard Sprenger why he is so angry at how the situation has been handled and fears the possibility of having to euthanise his animals  Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► https://ift.tt/16bR3Lu Support the Guardian ► https://ift.tt/2VEEwKb Today in Focus podcast ► https://ift.tt/2D74a4z Sign up for the Guardian documentaries newsletter ► https://ift.tt/2feoDdN The Guardian ► https://ift.tt/1AFLGzy The Guardian YouTube network: Guardian News ► https://ift.tt/1J9JUwL Owen Jones talks ► http://bit.ly/subsowenjones Guardian Football ► https://ift.tt/1yECE17 Guardian Sport ► http://bit.ly/GDNsport Guardian Culture ► https://ift.tt/16bR6H2

Grenfell survivors three years on: 'It fits at the heart of Black Lives Matter'

With the three-year anniversary of Grenfell happening in the midst of a global pandemic, the community is having to adapt their usual way of marking and remembering what happened on 14 June 2017. This year they are having to come together online. Guardian journalist Iman Amrani speaks to former Grenfell residents about life three years on, and about how Grenfell is linked to Black Lives Matter, Windrush and Covid-19 Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► https://ift.tt/16bR3Lu The Tower Next Door: Living in the shadow of Grenfell ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M7Aoj6gtrI Green lights to shine for Grenfell victims on anniversary of disaster ► https://ift.tt/2MOZhQW Support the Guardian ► https://ift.tt/2VEEwKb Today in Focus podcast ► https://ift.tt/2D74a4z Sign up for the Guardian documentaries newsletter ► https://ift.tt/2feoDdN The Guardian ► https://ift.tt/1AFLGzy The Guardian YouTube network: Guardian News ► https://ift.tt/1J9JUwL Owen Jones talks ► http://bit.ly/subsowenjones Guardian Football ► https://ift.tt/1yECE17 Guardian Sport ► http://bit.ly/GDNsport Guardian Culture ► https://ift.tt/16bR6H2

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Giving birth at home during Covid-19: ‘Black mothers were already scared’

Mekiya, who is African American and works as a social worker, says that women of colour often aren’t listened to by doctors. She had a traumatic experience giving birth to her previous children in hospital and along with the additional risk of coronavirus decided to have her daughter at home with the help of Natalie Watson, co-founder of Steel City Midwives Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► https://ift.tt/16bR3Lu Support the Guardian ► https://ift.tt/2VEEwKb Today in Focus podcast ► https://ift.tt/2D74a4z Sign up for the Guardian documentaries newsletter ► https://ift.tt/2feoDdN The Guardian ► https://ift.tt/1AFLGzy The Guardian YouTube network: Guardian News ► https://ift.tt/1J9JUwL Owen Jones talks ► http://bit.ly/subsowenjones Guardian Football ► https://ift.tt/1yECE17 Guardian Sport ► http://bit.ly/GDNsport Guardian Culture ► https://ift.tt/16bR6H2

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Young people look beyond coronavirus lockdown | A New Normal

Young people look beyond coronavirus lockdown | A New Normal In this week's episode of A New Normal, the Guardian journalist Iman Amrani speaks to young people about how they are coping with lockdown and the impact it has had on their lives, looking particularly at education, universities and mental health. She speaks to four young people from across the country, two of whom are about to start university courses and two of whom are about to finish theirs, and asks them about the future. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/guardianwiressub If you are looking for support, here are some good places to start: Information on mental health from the charity Mind ► https://ift.tt/2Ud2FcO Emotional support for those feeling down, distressed or struggling to cope – Samaritans ► https://ift.tt/2u7J5j0 Support for under-25s at The Mix ► https://ift.tt/2FBbl3t Coronavirus support hub for the Prince's Trust ► https://ift.tt/3eQSfqR And here are two books that Iman would recommend reading for positivity and perspective: Rutger Bregman – Humankind: A Hopeful History Matt Haig – Notes on a Nervous Planet Support the Guardian ► https://ift.tt/2VEEwKb Today in Focus podcast ► https://ift.tt/2D74a4z The Guardian YouTube network: The Guardian ► http://www.youtube.com/theguardian Owen Jones talks ► http://bit.ly/subsowenjones Guardian Football ► https://ift.tt/1yECE17 Guardian Sport ► http://bit.ly/GDNsport Guardian Culture ► https://ift.tt/16bR6H2

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Inside the George Floyd protests in New York: 'We are not the problem'

The police killing of George Floyd continues to ignite protests across the US. On 2 June, the Guardian embedded with activists as they marched through New York City to voice their anger at the death and the systematic racism that enabled it Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► https://ift.tt/16bR3Lu Support the Guardian ► https://ift.tt/2VEEwKb Today in Focus podcast ► https://ift.tt/2D74a4z Sign up for the Guardian documentaries newsletter ► https://ift.tt/2feoDdN The Guardian ► https://ift.tt/1AFLGzy The Guardian YouTube network: Guardian News ► https://ift.tt/1J9JUwL Owen Jones talks ► http://bit.ly/subsowenjones Guardian Football ► https://ift.tt/1yECE17 Guardian Sport ► http://bit.ly/GDNsport Guardian Culture ► https://ift.tt/16bR6H2

How to solve the UK's transport problem in the time of coronavirus

Those who can, should go back to work, Boris Johnson has said. But how will people get to work safely? If we take public transport, will there be enough space to physically distance? If we take the car, will the roads cope with all the extra traffic? Josh Toussaint-Strauss tries to figure out some answers, with the help of Peter Walker and Matthew Taylor Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► https://ift.tt/16bR3Lu Support the Guardian ► https://ift.tt/2VEEwKb Today in Focus podcast ► https://ift.tt/2D74a4z Sign up for the Guardian documentaries newsletter ► https://ift.tt/2feoDdN The Guardian ► https://ift.tt/1AFLGzy The Guardian YouTube network: Guardian News ► https://ift.tt/1J9JUwL Owen Jones talks ► http://bit.ly/subsowenjones Guardian Football ► https://ift.tt/1yECE17 Guardian Sport ► http://bit.ly/GDNsport Guardian Culture ► https://ift.tt/16bR6H2

Life in lockdown: Britain's hidden social crisis and the people trying to fight it

The Anywhere But Westminster team return to the north- east town of Middlesbrough, which has had one of the highest infection rates in the country. Far away from ministerial briefings and political intrigue, Covid-19 has worsened already ingrained problems: biting hardship, precarious work and the feeling that government has left people to sink or swim. There is hope and energy at the grassroots but can things really change? Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage