Abby Zimet: Too Many Getting Shooted, Still
Sorry, but the bleak news keeps coming. Friday, another white cop got away with another murder of a black man, the third such travesty in about a month. Ray Tensing’s … Continue reading
Video: Dominique Christina reads “Mothers of Murdered Sons”
. Dominique Christina performs her poem “Mothers of Murdered Sons” at the 2016 Split this Rock festival. Dominique Christina is a poet and teacher who lives in Colorado. She is mother … Continue reading
Video: Traffic Stop
. Directed by Gina Kamentsky and Julie Zammarchi, this short animated film shows a night in the life of Alex Landau, an African-American man who was raised by his adoptive … Continue reading
John Grey: The Arrest
Across the street, I watch as one cop slaps a kid against a wall, twists his arm up behind his back while the other frisks him. He’s a crook, I … Continue reading
Rebecca Gordon: Turning American Communities Into War Zones, Death By Death
When It Comes to People of Color, the Police Make San Francisco “Baghdad by the Bay” In the photo, five of Beyoncé’s leather-clad, black-bereted dancers raise their fists in a … Continue reading
Rebecca Gordon: Home, Sweet Kleptocracy
Kabul in America A top government official with energy industry holdings huddles in secret with oil company executives to work out the details of a potentially lucrative “national energy policy.” … Continue reading
Leonard Pitts, Jr.: We don’t want to watch the police, but we have to
The question was first posed by Juvenal, a Latin poet whose life spanned the first and second centuries: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Translation: “Who watches the watchmen?” The old question … Continue reading
Paul Figueroa: Can Police Departments Reduce Implicit Bias?
“In too many communities around the country, a gulf of mistrust exists between local residents and law enforcement,” said President Obama in a recent speech at the Congressional Black Caucus … Continue reading
Video: Civil Rights Activist Sandra Bland Found Dead In Texas Jail Cell
Sandra Bland was reportedly pulled over on Friday for improperly signaling a lane change. A witness said he saw the arresting officer pull Bland out of the car, throw her … Continue reading
Amnesty International Report on Use of Lethal Force by Police in the United States
Report from Amnesty International – June 2015 Hundreds of men and women are killed by police each and every year across the United States. No one knows exactly how many because … Continue reading
Vanessa German: My First Police Memory
My first police memory is of 1980’s Los Angeles being 7 or 8 in the back of the big van my mama drove us all around in. her 5 kids. … Continue reading
Vanessa German: Go in Ferocious
Go in ferocious. make the eye contact. make the eye contact and tell every sister you see that you Love her. say.i love you. find every embrace and meet it … Continue reading
George Yancy and Molefi Kete Asante: Why Afrocentricity?
. Molefi Kete Asante, a professor of African-American studies at Temple University, is known for his pioneering work in the area of Afrocentricity. He is the author of more than … Continue reading
Michael Gould-Wartofsky: The Wars Come Home
A Five-Step Guide to the Police Repression of Protest from Ferguson to Baltimore and Beyond As Baltimore braced for renewed protests over the death of Freddie Gray, the Baltimore Police … Continue reading →