What More Will It Take to Arrest Darren Wilson? What More Will It Take to Arrest Darren Wilson?
New witnesses to the Michael Brown killing say he had his hands up when he was shot by police.
Sep 11, 2014 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith
For Muslim New Yorkers, a Long Path From Surveillance to Civil Rights For Muslim New Yorkers, a Long Path From Surveillance to Civil Rights
For years, Muslim New Yorkers have been spied on, not heard; now they’re finding their political voice.
Sep 9, 2014 / Cities Rising / Moustafa Bayoumi
WATCH: Are America’s Police Departments Waging a War on Black Bodies? WATCH: Are America’s Police Departments Waging a War on Black Bodies?
A town hall meeting on the aggressive policing of black bodies in America.
Sep 8, 2014 / Video / The Nation
More Police Will Never Be a Solution to Black America’s Woes More Police Will Never Be a Solution to Black America’s Woes
Increased police presence won‘t make “bad kids” any better.
Sep 5, 2014 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith
Minneapolis Has Long Been Fractured by Racial Inequity. Can a New Mayor Change That? Minneapolis Has Long Been Fractured by Racial Inequity. Can a New Mayor Change That?
Mayor Betsy Hodges wants to make Minneapolis live up to its progressive hype.
Sep 3, 2014 / Cities Rising / Gabriel Thompson
Ferguson’s Anthem Ferguson’s Anthem
How “Fuck the Police” came to narrate the town’s humiliations and violations.
Sep 3, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover
Black Millennials Are Emerging as the ‘Movement Generation’ Black Millennials Are Emerging as the ‘Movement Generation’
If you’re asking the question “Where is the movement?” you simply haven’t been paying attention.
Aug 28, 2014 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith
How Trayvon Martin’s Death Launched a New Generation of Black Activism How Trayvon Martin’s Death Launched a New Generation of Black Activism
A host of new groups are reviving the grassroots fight for racial equality.
Aug 27, 2014 / From the Archive / Mychal Denzel Smith
It’s Time for a 21st-Century Anti-Lynching Movement It’s Time for a 21st-Century Anti-Lynching Movement
Black women have made connections between their struggles and those of black men since the 1800s.
Aug 27, 2014 / Paula J. Giddings
As People of Color, We’re Not All in the Same Boat As People of Color, We’re Not All in the Same Boat
We all have different places in the racial hierarchy. But we can still work together for justice.
Aug 27, 2014 / Rinku Sen