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May 1, 2015
Jamil Smith
Baltimore's Prosecutor Gets It
The charges in the Freddie Gray case show that scaring cops is the best way to fight police abuse
May 1, 2015
Elspeth Reeve
The White Man's Bargain
April 30, 2015
Stacia L. Brown
Looking While Black
When eye contact with police is considered a crime
April 29, 2015
Suzy Khimm
"They Can’t Lock Everybody Up"
Counting down to curfew with Freddie Gray's neighbors in Baltimore
April 29, 2015
Stacia L. Brown
Having Black Cops and Black Mayors Doesn't End Police Brutality
A Baltimore writer on racial tension and the limits of diversity
April 29, 2015
Rebecca Traister
The Violence in Baltimore Didn't Start with the Riots
April 28, 2015
Suzy Khimm
"It Took This to Bring the Light To Everything"
Baltimoreans say calls for peace are futile without an agenda for change
April 27, 2015
Jamil Smith
What Loretta Lynch Must Do Now
As Baltimore bleeds, the new attorney general needs to shift police culture in a short time
April 24, 2015
Jamil Smith
This Isn't the Same 'New Republic'
April 24, 2015
Michael Eric Dyson
All Black Lives Matter
Seeing the humanity of those I criticize is vital to every claim I make under the banner of #BlackLivesMatter
April 24, 2015
Jeet Heer
Acting Without Thinking
The most effective protest movements have been enriched by debating ideas and strategy
April 19, 2015
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Michael Eric Dyson
The Ghost of Cornel West
What happened to America's most exciting black scholar?
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April 17, 2015
Jeet Heer
Science Fiction's White Boys' Club Strikes Back
April 9, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
“Jewish Privilege” Doesn't Exist—But Jews Can Benefit From Whiteness
April 8, 2015
Jeet Heer
The Killing of Walter Scott Sheds Light on the Problem of Police Lying
April 7, 2015
Brian Beutler
Southerners Shouldn't Take Attacks on the Confederacy Personally
And they should embrace the idea of celebrating the country's reunion
April 7, 2015
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
Does the Holocaust Discount Jewish White Privilege?
April 3, 2015
Jamil Smith
Ferguson Faces Its Future
Tuesday's election is the first since Michael Brown's death
April 2, 2015
Noah Berlatsky
Why "Indie" Music Is So Unbearably White
March 18, 2015
Cristian Farias
"Hands Up, Don't Shoot" Was Not Built on a Lie
Ferguson's message is as powerful as ever.

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