‘It Hurts Me So Much’: A Dispatch From Ferguson ‘It Hurts Me So Much’: A Dispatch From Ferguson
How residents are doing Mike Brown’s legacy justice.
Dec 5, 2014 / The Nation
We Don’t Just Need Nicer Cops. We Need Fewer Cops. We Don’t Just Need Nicer Cops. We Need Fewer Cops.
Here’s what we actually know about proposed police reforms.
Dec 4, 2014 / Alex S. Vitale
My Message to Michael Brown’s Mom My Message to Michael Brown’s Mom
Your son’s life did matter.
Dec 4, 2014 / Blog / Melissa Harris-Perry
New Yorkers Surge Into the Streets, Demanding Justice for Eric Garner New Yorkers Surge Into the Streets, Demanding Justice for Eric Garner
After a grand jury fails to indict the officer who killed the father of six, the movement for police accountability continues to grow.
Dec 4, 2014 / Aaron Miguel Cantú
The System That Failed Eric Garner and Michael Brown Cannot Be Reformed The System That Failed Eric Garner and Michael Brown Cannot Be Reformed
Sensitivity training will not be enough. “Diversity” will not be enough. The only way to end police violence is to admit to ourselves that cops are an inherently oppressive force.
Dec 3, 2014 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith
‘This Is Not a Protest—It Is an Uprising’ ‘This Is Not a Protest—It Is an Uprising’
Demonstrations have occurred in more than 150 cities across the US in the week since a grand jury declined to indict Darren Wilson, the police officer who killed Michael Brown.
Dec 3, 2014 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter
An Open Letter To Charles Barkley An Open Letter To Charles Barkley
Once you were not afraid to ask that all-important question: “Who’s afraid of a large black man?” Tragically, it now seems like the answer might be you.
Dec 3, 2014 / Etan Thomas
What Part of Constitutional Rights Do You Not Understand? What Part of Constitutional Rights Do You Not Understand?
An injury to one is an injury to all.
Dec 1, 2014 / Blog / Tom Tomorrow
Darren Wilson: America’s ‘Model Policeman’ Darren Wilson: America’s ‘Model Policeman’
Even as activists are organizing against police violence, many Americans continue to see blacks as criminals—and want our police to act accordingly.
Nov 29, 2014 / Khalil Gibran Muhammad
An Inconvenient Political Truth: That St. Louis Prosecutor Is a Democrat An Inconvenient Political Truth: That St. Louis Prosecutor Is a Democrat
Ferguson teaches us that in elections for local law-enforcement posts the most fundamental choices are made.
Nov 26, 2014 / Blog / John Nichols