As Black Vigilance Becomes Armed Vigilantism, Accountability Is Lost in Atlanta’s Streets
Street justice administered by people who don’t want anyone to know who they are is not a substitute for policing.
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Crisis Fund of $200,000 Launched by Press Freedom Group to Support Journalists
The Press Freedom Defense Fund will provide grants of up to $1,500 each to journalists impacted by the pandemic’s economic fallout.
As Teddy Roosevelt’s Statue Falls, Let’s Remember How Truly Dark His History Was
Nazism was an outgrowth and the logical culmination of the European colonialism celebrated by Roosevelt.
William Barr Has Turned the Justice Department Into a Law Firm With One Client: Donald Trump
By firing the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, Barr’s effort to protect Trump further bulldozes the norms of the Department of Justice.
Bolsonaro Fraudulently Circumvented Trump's Covid-19 Immigration Ban to Smuggle His Scandal-Plagued Ex-Education Minister Into the U.S.
The Brazilian president risked Americans’ health and flouted its laws to enable his ally to hide from investigators.
Not Just "Cops": It's Time to End the Entertainment Industry's Anti-Black, Pro-Police Programming
The culture industry has consolidated the power of corrupt policing. We need a root-and-branch transformation of entertainment itself.
With the World Focused on the Pandemic, Israel Prepares to Annex Large Swaths of the West Bank
This Israeli expansionism deserves far more attention in those countries, such as the U.S., which fund and enable it.
Supreme Court Upholds Trans People’s Workplace Protections — but Trans Lives Remain Under Constant Threat
The ruling was a necessary victory, but anti-transgender discrimination and violence remain firmly embedded in American life.
Maria Ressa's Libel Conviction Is a Blow to Press Freedom
The case is part of Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte’s campaign to persecute Ressa and her news organization, Rappler.
I Saw My Friends Beaten by Police. This Is What Happens When Cities Prioritize Property Over Black Lives.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot deployed hyperaggressive police to violently clamp down anti-racist protesters of police violence even as she praised them.