The Missed Opportunity of the Kerner Report The Missed Opportunity of the Kerner Report
A new history recovers the forgotten legacy and radical implications of the Kerner Commission.
Apr 5, 2018 / Books & the Arts / William P. Jones
Sacramento Is Seething Over the Police Killing of Stephon Clark Sacramento Is Seething Over the Police Killing of Stephon Clark
His fate has sent a collective shudder of horror through the city’s African-American community.
Mar 30, 2018 / Sasha Abramsky
What to Do About the Police? What to Do About the Police?
Two new books examine the austerity policies and administrative overreach behind the expansion of local law enforcement.
Mar 29, 2018 / Books & the Arts / E. Tammy Kim
The Left’s Embrace of Empire The Left’s Embrace of Empire
The history of the left in the United States is a history of betrayal.
Mar 28, 2018 / Lyle Jeremy Rubin
What Happens When You Put Young People of Color at the Center of #NeverAgain What Happens When You Put Young People of Color at the Center of #NeverAgain
Gun control becomes only one part of the larger solution to violence in our communities.
Mar 27, 2018 / Lori Bezahler
#BlackLivesMatter and the NBA Collide In Sacramento #BlackLivesMatter and the NBA Collide In Sacramento
When Stephon Clark was killed by police, activists took to the streets and shut down an NBA game.
Mar 27, 2018 / Dave Zirin
Fans Are the Target of Madison Square Garden’s New Facial-Recognition Technology Fans Are the Target of Madison Square Garden’s New Facial-Recognition Technology
Facial recognition is a threat to privacy and the latest frontier in surveillance.
Mar 23, 2018 / Dave Zirin and Andrew Tan-Delli Cicchi
Under Trump, ICE Has Become a Vast, Cruel Bureaucracy Under Trump, ICE Has Become a Vast, Cruel Bureaucracy
Children seeking asylum are being separated from their parents for no good reason.
Mar 22, 2018 / Between the Lines / Laila Lalami
These DAs Have a Plan to Undo Some of the Crimes of their Predecessors These DAs Have a Plan to Undo Some of the Crimes of their Predecessors
By creating sentence review programs, a group of progressive prosecutors would revisit punishments from the past in the hope of freeing people in the future.
Mar 20, 2018 / Eli Hager
Loyola Basketball’s March Madness Success Shaded By Student Unrest Loyola Basketball’s March Madness Success Shaded By Student Unrest
Protest over an unneeded stadium and a viral video of brutality by campus police engulf the Chicago campus.
Mar 16, 2018 / Dave Zirin