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Mahita Gajanan
Mahita Gajanan is an editor at TIME. She covers culture.
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Jamel Burney—born and raised in Olean, N.Y.—knows you don’t need to live in a major metropolitan area to be heard.As protests decrying the killing of George Floyd have raged across the country, Burney wanted to...
By Mahita Gajanan
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Minneapolis Police Precinct Burns
Minnesota governor authorizes full mobilization of Minnesota National Guard to handle the unrest
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Nicholas Johnson is Princeton’s first black valedictorian, an empowering achievement, he says in a video series TIME is producing with Katie Couric.In the video above, Johnson speaks with Couric about how Princeton’s historical ties to...
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By Mahita Gajanan
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Video footage from crowded pool parties show hundreds of people standing close to each other, not wearing face masks
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