Journalists are biased toward sharing information. That’s our job. But we have to recognize that doing our jobs can mean doing harm—and that part of our jobs should be editorial harm reduction.
In response to the protests over George Floyd’s murder, police in Durham refrained from mass arrests and violence. But that doesn’t mean that all is well in our city.
A group of progressive attorneys is refusing to enforce new abortion laws. But in a legal landscape so hostile to choice, is deliberate inaction enough?