Shaun King

Shaun King is a Brooklyn-based activist and writer who focuses on civil and human rights, racial justice, mass incarceration, and law enforcement misconduct. Before joining The Intercept as a columnist, he was the senior justice writer at the New York Daily News and the writer-in-residence at Harvard Law School’s Fair Punishment Project.

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Racism Is an Impeachable Offense

Shaun King — Jul. 19

He’d be fired from any other major corporation for this dangerous tomfoolery.

The War on ImmigrantsHistory Has Taught Us That Concentration Camps Should Be Liberated. We Can’t Wait Until 2020.

Shaun King — Jun. 29

Few of us have fully considered what we would do if concentration camps were built and operated in our nation, by our government, on our watch, on our dime.

Sudan’s Military Is Killing Pro-Democracy Protesters. Trump Doesn’t Care — but We Should.

Shaun King — Jun. 20

After the ousting of dictator Omar al-Bashir, the Sudanese military has cracked down and killed at least 100 civil rights protesters.

Mass Shootings, Dinner, and the Cognitive Dissonance of Just Living in America

Shaun King — Jun. 1

To get through dinner, a movie, or a game, we must temporarily suspend our knowledge that people are being slaughtered all around us.

Ady Barkan Is Making What Is Likely His Last Long Journey — and It’s to Testify in Support of Medicare for All

Shaun King — Apr. 30

Imagine you were told that you could make one last flight, one more long trip, before you died.

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