Democrats Have a Blue Lives Matter Problem
Why did House Dems back a ‘Blue Lives Matter’ pro-police bill sponsored by leading VP candidate Val Demings in 2018?
View ArticleHow Ongoing Resistance Is Fueling the End of Policing
Author and professor Alex Vitale talks about police abolition, minimizing harm, and imagining a radically different society.
View ArticleHow Protest Graffiti Recontextualizes Public Art
Throughout the country, street art has forced people to confront and examine our troubling racial realities.
View ArticleThe Revolution Will Not Be Poll-Tested
Today on TAP: Gathering support for police reform
View ArticleAntifa All Around
From civil rights protesters to elderly activists, Fox News and its viewers fear an imaginary invasion by the forces of anarchy.
View ArticleNo Justice. No Peace.
Underlying the nationwide protests for Black lives is the racial wealth gap.
View ArticleHow Police Abolitionists Are Seizing the Moment
Police abolitionists say piecemeal reforms have been tried and didn’t work. They want to use this moment of resistance to center more radical change.
View ArticleThe George Floyd Moment: Promise and Peril
From Lincoln to Obama, we have seen periods of racial progress before. Dare we be optimistic that this one will prove durable and systemic?
View ArticleTwo National Crises, the Pandemic and Police Violence, Have One Common Thread
The common thread is a national failure to protect.
View ArticleCharting the Legacy of John Lewis
The Atlantic’s Adam Harris ponders the legacy of Congressman John Lewis, the Big Six civil rights leaders, and forging ahead with a new civil rights movement.
View ArticleThousands Throng the National Mall for ‘Get Your Knee Off Our Necks’ March on...
Attendees included those who attended the first March on Washington.
View ArticleThe Arab Spring Isn’t a Historical Event. It’s Our Life.
Ten years later, an exiled Egyptian novelist reflects on Mubarak’s fall.
View ArticleFlorida Is Latest Hot Spot for Anti-Protest Legislation
Tear down a Confederate flag in Florida and a protester could be headed to prison. It’s all part of the same national movement to silence dissent in the wake of the George Floyd uprising.
View ArticleFirst 100: The Stymied Biden Racial Equity Agenda
Also, more worries on residential real estate than commercial.
View ArticleCommon Ground on Police Reform
Today on TAP: Three ways the police can better protect people
View ArticleThe Incremental, Inadequate Changes That Nonetheless Led to the Chauvin...
Minneapolis’s former mayor says they weren’t enough, but they were essential.
View ArticleJim Clyburn Undercuts the Democratic Police Reform Bill
In the middle of negotiations over eliminating qualified immunity for police officers, Clyburn says it’s not needed for the overall bill.
View ArticleBlack Lives Matter, Palestinian Resistance, and the Ties That Bind
The symbiosis between African Americans and Palestinians grows as both groups face human rights crises.
View ArticleGround Zero for Criminal Justice Reform
Mary Moriarty, candidate for Hennepin County attorney, explains what’s been going on in Minneapolis since the George Floyd protests.
View ArticleThe Alternative to Cash Bail Is a Simple Reminder
A community organization created a web tool that simply reminds people of their court dates. The impact is profound.
View ArticleMinnesota AG Nominee Wants to Defund Corporate Law Enforcement
GOP corporate attorney Jim Schultz has hammered incumbent Keith Ellison over crimes that aren’t in his office’s jurisdiction. His solution? Stop pursuing crimes that are.
View ArticleThe Orca Oligarchy Assault
A whale has taken to attacking yachts. Jack O’Brien discusses with Francesca Fiorentini.
View ArticleGuns, Race, and Stats: The Three Deadliest Weapons in America
Why is the mainstream media peddling the gun lobby’s fake stats on Black gun ownership?
View Article‘I Don’t Want to Be George Floyd’
Another African American dies in Mobile, as police shootings multiply in Alabama.
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