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Police Brutality
July 8, 2022
Maya Wiley
Wait. Jayland Walker Is to Blame, but Somehow Robert Crimo Isn’t?
The white Highland Park shooter was ruined by weed and women. But the Black victim of police violence in Akron? Well, he must have been dangerous.
July 4, 2022
Matt Ford
Impunity Had a Great Year at the Supreme Court
The justices consistently ruled against plaintiffs who had their constitutional rights violated—and, in some cases, their bodies abused—by police, the Border Patrol, and the CIA.
May 27, 2022
Maya Wiley
Even in This Tragic Week, George Floyd Is Still Making a Difference
Biden’s executive order on policing may apply only to federal agents, but until legislation can be passed, it still matters.
April 29, 2022
Timothy Noah
Don’t Let the Tobacco Industry Use George Floyd to Kill a Ban on Menthol Cigarettes
Most members of the Congressional Black Caucus agree that the ban is a great move. So why is Al Sharpton taking the side of R.J. Reynolds?
May 14, 2021
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Nikhil Pal Singh
Are Liberal Cities Turning Against Their Progressive Prosecutors?
District attorneys in San Francisco and Philadelphia promised to overturn decades of tough-on-crime policies. Now, as violent crime rises, they may be kicked out of office.
April 21, 2021
Alex Shephard
The Right-Wing Media’s Shameful Defense of Derek Chauvin
Tucker Carlson wants his viewers to believe that the convicted killer is the real victim.
April 19, 2021
Colin Asher
When Richard Wright Broke With the Communists
His posthumously released novel, “The Man Who Lived Underground,” was written during a crisis of political faith.
April 13, 2021
Matt Ford
Are States Really Abolishing Qualified Immunity for Cops? Not Exactly.
Recent reporting suggests that lawmakers across the country are ending a long-standing legal protection for police officers, but that isn’t quite true.
April 6, 2021
Jo Livingstone
Last Judgment
On the role of criticism in the end times
December 15, 2020
Shom Mazumder
What Black People Really Think About the Police
Pollsters keep tripping over contradictions in how communities of color talk about cops.
October 27, 2020
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David Roth
How Don Jr. Became the Future of Trumpism
Can the prodigal son keep the party going?
October 20, 2020
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Sam Adler-Bell
How Police Unions Bully Politicians
Can cop associations’ dirty tactics survive a new era of protest?
October 19, 2020
Hanif Abdurraqib
Living With White Supremacy in a Swing State
Ohio has a reputation for moderation. But moderation in the Trump era has an entirely different meaning.
October 5, 2020
Emma Roller
How Wisconsin Became a Bastion of White Supremacy
The Badger State is designed to keep Republicans in power, at the expense of the minority vote. Can Joe Biden overcome these structural disadvantages?
September 5, 2020
Tasha Williams
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Alison Kinney
The American Horror of Hooding
“Spit hoods” are torture, and Daniel Prude is only the latest victim.
August 31, 2020
Redditt Hudson
The Hell of Being a Black Cop
Why Black officers have to be at the forefront of efforts to transform America’s racist police culture.
August 29, 2020
G’Ra Asim
The NBA Strike and the Limits of the Left’s Class-Centric Politics
The millionaire players’ anti-racist protest shows how race and class are intertwined for Black Americans.
August 19, 2020
R.E. Hawley
The Lazy Liberalism of Instagram Slideshows
A boom in “instagraphics” indulges the desire to project social-justice values rather than act on them.
August 13, 2020
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Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw
Fear of a Black Uprising
Confronting the white pathologies that shape racist policing
July 17, 2020
Libby Watson
The Trump Administration Is Treating U.S. Cities Like Occupied Territory
Unidentified federal agents in Portland detained protesters without cause—a predictable consequence of law enforcement becoming more like the military, and vice versa.
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