police brutality

Police Violence: As Real As Real Can Be

While other kids heard fairy tales and nursery rhymes, I heard stories about racially-motivated police violence.

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On Reparations, Gentrification, The Role Of Police, And Other Intellectual Pursuits

I think about extremism and free speech and bigotry and the role of satire and privilege, always privilege. My brain is very full.

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A Protester's Holiday Wish List

A helpful guide for what to get that person in your life demonstrating against systemic injustice (aka, me).

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A "Nice White Lady" And Former Prisoner Reflects On Our Racist Society

I will never know what it’s like to grow up black in America. I only know what it’s like to be diminished and humiliated.

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From Oscar Grant To Eric Garner: A Photo Essay Of Oakland's Protest

Bearing witness to Oakland's protest against anti-black police violence the day Eric Garner's murderer went un-indicted.

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A Call Out To Fellow White Feminists: Ferguson Is A Reproductive Justice Matter

Ferguson is a feminist issue—for all of us.

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Mother Of Biracial Child Suing Sperm Bank Isn't Racist; Our Country Is

Let's stop attacking a loving mother, and start focusing on the real issue at hand.

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Ferguson Update: Cries Of Corruption Abound

Some are calling the judicial process for unarmed black teen Mike Brown "fraught." We have a different "f" word in mind.

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