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February 3, 2023
You Cannot Stop Us From Proclaiming “I, Too, Am America”
Watching Tyre Nichols sent home too soon, by the mean and the murderous.
Maya Wiley
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February 3, 2023
Deadly Violence Against Protesters Is the New Normal
Our over-militarized police force makes de-escalation unthinkable and violence inevitable—and, in the case of the “Cop City” shooting, lethal.
Michael Gould-Wartofsky
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February 2, 2023
What the Charges Against the Cops Who Killed Tyre Nichols Really Mean
Prosecutors chose from multiple potential charges to land on second-degree murder for the five officers who killed Nichols.
Elie Mystal
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January 31, 2023
Cops Lynched Tyre Nichols Because They Knew They Could
All police, regardless of race or background, are employed to uphold a system conceived by white people, for white people, that operates to oppress Black people.
Elie Mystal
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January 30, 2023
When Fighting Racism, Do Sports Matter?
On this week’s episode of the Edge of Sports podcast, we discuss the NBA, race and sports, and the police murder of Tyre Nichols.
Dave Zirin
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January 30, 2023
The Killing of Tyre Nichols Is an Indictment of the Entire Political System
After BLM and the George Floyd protests, the bipartisan elite embraced bolstering police power.
Jeet Heer
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January 20, 2023
Why Is Governor Kathy Hochul Waging War on Her Own Party?
New York’s governor is a relic from a lost world.
Jeet Heer
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January 6, 2023
How Students Fought for Democracy in 2022
Recent StudentNation coverage highlights the issues weighing on young people—and how they are organizing to fight back.
StudentNation
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December 30, 2022
How the GOP Learned to Hate the FBI
And why it matters that Democrats and Republicans have switched positions on the national security state.
Jeet Heer
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December 19, 2022
What Democrats Can Learn From Keith Ellison’s Reelection
If the Democratic Party hopes to fend off future Republican challenges to vulnerable incumbents, they could draw on Ellison’s playbook.
Theia Chatelle