Dispatch From Baltimore: Praying for Peace, Living Another Reality Dispatch From Baltimore: Praying for Peace, Living Another Reality
The emotional distance between Freddie Gray’s moving funeral and the chaos that followed isn’t as wide as it may seem.
Apr 28, 2015 / Stacia L. Brown
One of the World’s Largest Foundations Is Putting Some Real Money Into Criminal Justice Reform One of the World’s Largest Foundations Is Putting Some Real Money Into Criminal Justice Reform
The MacArthur Foundation’s $75 million pledge shows that political momentum is clearly on the side of reform.
Apr 28, 2015 / Sasha Abramsky
‘Targeted Killings’ Are a Drug Dealer’s Best Friend ‘Targeted Killings’ Are a Drug Dealer’s Best Friend
Washington’s ‘assassination policy’ has been very effective... at increasing drug trafficking and promoting terrorism.
Apr 28, 2015 / Andrew Cockburn
How Cities’ Funding Woes Are Driving Racial and Economic Injustice—And What We Can Do About It How Cities’ Funding Woes Are Driving Racial and Economic Injustice—And What We Can Do About It
It doesn’t stop with Ferguson—common underlying problems create conflict and tension across the country.
Apr 28, 2015 / Brad Lander and Karl Kumodzi
Elizabeth Warren Slams the Education Department for Failing Student Borrowers Elizabeth Warren Slams the Education Department for Failing Student Borrowers
"People who were cheated and people who have been buried in debt just keep on paying and the government keeps on collecting,” the Senator said Monday at a forum on student loans.
Apr 28, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter
Toward a New ‘Broken Windows’ Theory Toward a New ‘Broken Windows’ Theory
What change will a “peaceful” protest spark if a “peaceful” protest is so easy to ignore?
Apr 28, 2015 / Mychal Denzel Smith
Black Women Aren’t Just Secondary Casualties of Aggressive Policing Black Women Aren’t Just Secondary Casualties of Aggressive Policing
Prison and early deaths have taken 1.5 million black men from daily life. But the Rekia Boyd case shows that black women are also “missing.”
Apr 27, 2015 / Dani McClain
What Are Baltimore’s Protesters Asking For? What Are Baltimore’s Protesters Asking For?
The death of Freddie Gray in police custody has sparked outrage over the conduct of the Baltimore Police Department.
Apr 27, 2015 / The Nation
Camden Yards and the Baltimore Protests for Freddie Gray Camden Yards and the Baltimore Protests for Freddie Gray
The decision by Baltimore’s mayor to lock baseball fans inside a stadium to “protect” them from protestors sent a message to the world built on a lie.
Apr 27, 2015 / Dave Zirin
Will the Courts Finally Block Texas’ Worst-in-the-Nation Voter-ID Law? Will the Courts Finally Block Texas’ Worst-in-the-Nation Voter-ID Law?
Longtime voters are being turned away from the polls by Texas’ voter-ID law
Apr 27, 2015 / Ari Berman