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Eric Garner
April 29, 2022
Timothy Noah
Don’t Let the Tobacco Industry Use George Floyd to Kill a Ban on Menthol Cigarettes
Most members of the Congressional Black Caucus agree that the ban is a great move. So why is Al Sharpton taking the side of R.J. Reynolds?
May 6, 2021
Astra Taylor
In Defense of Liberal Conspirators
Our inability to truly conspire is why so many people are struggling today.
May 28, 2020
Melissa Gira Grant
The Pandemic Is the Right Time to Defund the Police
The coronavirus has slowed much American police work, but the rate of police killings has remained relatively unchanged.
August 30, 2019
Melissa Gira Grant
New Yorkers Should Thank Police for the Summer “Slowdown”
Arrests and crime are down amid cops’ protest of the firing of officer Daniel Pantaleo, who killed Eric Garner.
February 13, 2019
Kia Gregory
How Videos of Police Brutality Traumatize African Americans and Undermine the Search for Justice
March 29, 2018
Kashana Cauley
A Culture of Violent White Guys
In a country where the violence of certain groups is tolerated, even encouraged, it’s inevitable that tragedies will follow.
June 22, 2017
MagazineMychal Denzel Smith
A Grief Observed
From Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin, the power and pain of black mourning.
October 28, 2016
Lovia Gyarkye
The Clinton campaign’s “Erica Garner issues.”
October 25, 2016
Lovia Gyarkye
The Justice Department is breathing new life into the Eric Garner case.
October 7, 2016
Nicole Narea
Protecting the Right to Record Police Brutality
Those who have filmed such incidents say they are facing retribution from the cops. Activists say it's time for lawmakers to step in.
November 24, 2015
Alex Shephard
“Motion for leave to appeal denied.” Grand jury transcripts from the Eric Garner case will remain sealed.
May 7, 2015
Brian Beutler
Police Unions Aren't the Problem
Dismantling them would do little to end brutality and impunity
April 14, 2015
Nathan J. Robinson
Cops Who Let Their Unarmed Victims Die Should Be Punished, Too
March 13, 2015
Cristian Farias
Comment on Ferguson? Not My Job, Says Justice Stephen Breyer.
March 4, 2015
Jamil Smith
You, Too, Can Prevent Police Brutality
The DOJ's Ferguson probe shows why we need to get proactive
March 3, 2015
Cristian Farias
Another Police Killing, Another Twitter Hashtag. But #HomelessLivesMatter Isn't Enough.
January 19, 2015
Matthew Pratt Guterl
What Today's Civil Rights Protesters Could Learn From Josephine Baker's Iconoclasm
January 8, 2015
Aurin Squire
Why Black New Yorkers Like Me Are Celebrating the NYPD Work Slowdown
January 5, 2015
Charles Davis
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Has Killed Nearly 50 People in 10 Years. Most Were Unarmed.
And not one officer has been disciplined
December 30, 2014
Yishai Schwartz
The NYPD Is Using the Double-Murder to Dismiss Political Opponents—But Liberals Are Guilty of It, Too

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