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How Police and Prisons Blocked Black Progress Jul. 09, 2020
Thirty years ago, African Americans were on a trajectory toward equality with whites. Civil rights l... Read More
Hot Times in Atlanta Jul. 09, 2020
I've lived in Atlanta for over three decades. I grew up an hour west in the then-rural town of Carro... Read More
Qualified Immunity Is a Test for Conservatives: The Judicially Invented License for Police Abuse Undermines the Rule of Law and the Separation of Powers Jul. 08, 2020
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin faces murder and manslaughter charges for kneeling o... Read More
A Reason to Protest Jul. 01, 2020
Protesters say America's criminal justice system is unfair. It is. Courts are so jammed that innocen... Read More
Sitting With Our Outrage Jun. 26, 2020
These past few months have been tumultuous for our nation. If I could transport myself back to the f... Read More
Breonna Taylor and the Moral Bankruptcy of Drug Prohibition: She Would Still Be Alive If Politicians Did Not Insist on Using Violence to Enforce Their Pharmacological Prejudices Jun. 24, 2020
Last Friday, three months after Louisville, Kentucky, police officers gunned down a 26-year-old EMT ... Read More
Trump a Voice of Reason on Police Reform Jun. 21, 2020
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump was the voice of reason in Washington Tuesday as D.C. Demo... Read More
Facial Recognition Software Is Useful for Crime Fighting. But It Needs Rules. Jun. 19, 2020
IBM's decision last week to stop selling facial recognition technology to police agencies, and Amazo... Read More
George Floyd Changed My Mind Jun. 19, 2020
For many years, I was skeptical about accusations of racism in the criminal justice system. Yes, I k... Read More
June 17, 2020 Jun. 17, 2020
Dear Annie: A couple of years ago, my husband and I introduced ourselves to our new neighbor. We hel... Read More
Don't Boot Law Enforcement From Our Children's Schools Jun. 17, 2020
Children need to know the truth about the police. Schools are where they should learn it, yet school... Read More
Racially Skewed Policing Is Not a Statistical Mirage: One Need Not Believe Every Cop Is a Bigot to Recognize That the Problem Goes Beyond a Few 'Bad Apples' Jun. 17, 2020
Many conservatives condemn the excessive force that killed George Floyd but reject the notion that s... Read More
When Cops Are Their Own Worst Enemies Jun. 14, 2020
You may have seen it: a black and white American flag with one stripe highlighted in blue. The Thin ... Read More
A Time of Reckoning to Repair Racial Tensions Jun. 13, 2020
If you don't agree that black lives matter, you should stop reading now. Conversely, if you believ... Read More
Joe Biden, Trapped in the Middle Jun. 11, 2020
Poor Joe Biden. On one side, he is being pressed by progressives who are rallying behind the slogan,... Read More
While Much of White America Reckons with Black Lives Matter, Others Feel Marginalized Jun. 11, 2020
Scenes of largely white crowds across the world demonstrating in support of Black Lives Matter in th... Read More
The True Plight of Black Americans Jun. 10, 2020
While it might not be popular to say in the wake of the recent social disorder, the true plight of b... Read More
Maybe Cops Should Be 'Pulling Back': Abolishing Qualified Immunity Is a Crucial Step in Holding Police Accountable for Violating Our Rights Jun. 10, 2020
Attorney General William Barr worries that making it easier to sue cops for abusing their powers "wo... Read More
Riots Are Violence Jun. 05, 2020
It's weird that this needs to be said, but here we are. Then again, the pundit who reprehensibly cla... Read More
Race and Riots Jun. 03, 2020
"No justice, no peace!" they shout. Then they break windows. It makes me furious. But then I watch t... Read More
