George Floyd

US Attorney General Merrick B. Garland addresses the findings of a Justice Department investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department during a press conference in Minneapolis, Minn., on June 16, 2023.

The Federal Government Is “Affirming Everything That Black People Have Been Saying” The Federal Government Is “Affirming Everything That Black People Have Been Saying”

The Department of Justice report slamming the Minneapolis Police Department is also a cause for hope.

Jun 22, 2023 / Ibrahim Hirsi

A photo of Tyre Nichols is positioned prior to a press conference on January 27, 2023 in Memphis, Tennessee.

You Cannot Stop Us From Proclaiming “I, Too, Am America” You Cannot Stop Us From Proclaiming “I, Too, Am America”

Watching Tyre Nichols sent home too soon, by the mean and the murderous.

Feb 3, 2023 / Maya Wiley

Minneapolis protesters

In Minneapolis, the Cycle of Police Violence Continues In Minneapolis, the Cycle of Police Violence Continues

Amir Locke was sleeping. Daunte Wright was going to the car wash. George Floyd was at the corner store. When and where are Black people safe from police?

Feb 23, 2022 / Alyssa Oursler and Anna DalCortivo

BLM Protest

How I Fight Racism in the World and Within Me How I Fight Racism in the World and Within Me

After George Floyd was killed, I questioned ways I’d been toning down my Blackness.

Nov 25, 2021 / StudentNation / Eli Elvin

Jacob Frey

Minneapolis May Have Rejected That Referendum on the Police Minneapolis May Have Rejected That Referendum on the Police

But the activists’ vision of alternative policing lives on.

Nov 16, 2021 / Ibrahim Hirsi

Minneapolis mayoral candidate Sheila Nezhad.

In Minneapolis, the Movement Heads for the Voting Booth In Minneapolis, the Movement Heads for the Voting Booth

In the city's first municipal election since the murder of George Floyd, activists and organizers are on ballot—and so is the future of the police department.

Oct 28, 2021 / Eamon Whalen

Don Samuels

Black Residents of Minneapolis Say They Need More Cops—Not Fewer Black Residents of Minneapolis Say They Need More Cops—Not Fewer

As voters head to the polls to decide the fate of the city’s police department, most Black residents want more police—who will value Black lives.

Sep 30, 2021 / Column / Ibrahim Hirsi

Minneapolis Activists

Minneapolis Inches Closer to Disbanding Its Police Department Minneapolis Inches Closer to Disbanding Its Police Department

Voters will have a chance this fall to decide whether to keep the 154-year-old police department or create a new public safety agency.

Sep 17, 2021 / Ibrahim Hirsi

The War on Drugs Is 50 Years Old

The War on Drugs Is 50 Years Old The War on Drugs Is 50 Years Old

It’s a war we were destined—and that we deserved—to lose.

Jul 7, 2021 / Blog / Alfred W. McCoy

Winston Smith

Chauvin Is Sentenced to 22.5 Years. But Who Killed Winston Smith? Chauvin Is Sentenced to 22.5 Years. But Who Killed Winston Smith?

In early June, law enforcement in Minneapolis killed a 32-year-old Black man named Winston Smith, three miles from where George Floyd was murdered.

Jun 25, 2021 / Alyssa Oursler and Anna DalCortivo

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