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Baltimore Wants to Hold Some Cops Personally Accountable for Misconduct
Having cops found guilty of acting with "malice" pay out judgements in civil suits is good, but could also delay justice for victims.
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. A former contributor to The Intercept’s Voices section, he was the senior justice writer for the Daily News and the writer-in-residence at Harvard Law School’s Fair Punishment Project.
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The NCAA Says Student-Athletes Shouldn't Be Paid Because the 13th Amendment Allows Unpaid Prison Labor
“Comparing athletes to prisoners is contemptible.”
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Another Mass Shooting. Another Case in Which Signs of White Violence Didn't Raise Alarms.
Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz showed dozens of warning signs, but people who talk about white supremacy and violence don't get the same scrutiny.
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Looking Back, the NFL Boycott Was a Historic Moment in the Struggle for Justice
Colin Kaepernick is still effectively banned from the NFL, but a grassroots boycott of the league is a step toward justice.
The Film the NFL Doesn't Want You to See
The new film "Concussion Protocol" shows the violence done to NFL players on the field.
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Despite Liberalizing Marijuana Laws, the War on Drugs Still Targets People of Color
The war on drugs is still in full force against people of color — and not just because of Jeff Sessions and Donald Trump.
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The Bigot Who Threatened CNN Got Out of Jail in Time for Dinner
Imagine if this man making homicidal threats was a Muslim immigrant.
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Here Are the Four Things a Democratic Presidential Candidate Will Need to Beat Trump in 2020
And Oprah has them all.
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ACLU Says New Jersey Prisons' Banning of "The New Jim Crow" Is Unconstitutional
The landmark book about race and mass incarceration is banned in a state with the highest racial disparity in its prison population.
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Being Black in Trump Country: Dozens of People Arrested for Less Than an Ounce of Weed
A group of mostly black partygoers was arrested en masse in Cartersville, Georgia, for a small amount of marijuana.