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The best way to grasp the magnitude of what we’re seeing is to look for precedents abroad.

The state became the first to make major changes in police practices in the wake of George Floyd’s killing, which has spurred nationwide protests.

These bases are named after Confederate generals not because they personified either victory or freedom. They were named to reflect the politics of the viciously white racist South decades after the Civil War had ended.

And rebuilt the department from the ground up. The strange, hopeful, politically complicated story of Camden, N.J.

One of the most radical antiracist unions in the country makes a show of solidarity with all those threatened by police violence and exploitation

California poet Jacki Rigoni responds to the phrase social distancing, just added to the dictionary in March, and how much we were doing without naming it.

Many have attempted to claim that `things are better here' for black people than in the US. This ignores both Europe's colonial past and its own racist present.

We don't need any more novels or TV shows about cops who do the wrong thing for the "right" reason. Early crime fiction, to its credit, often viewed law enforcement with skepticism. This started to change in the 1950s.

When demonstrations erupted across the country after George Floyd's death at the hands of police officers, Donald Trump portrayed the protesters as America's enemies. But the protesters posed no threat. They're the nation's true patriots.

Workers asked to work in situations that present a danger to their health and safety have rights, and they should not be afraid to assert them.