Black Radical Activists and the Dangers of the Police State
During recent anti-police brutality protests and marches across the United States, American police forces have displayed the very behavior that
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The Links Between Policing and Environmental Justice
*This post is part of our new series on Black Ecologies edited by Justin Hosbey, Leah Kaplan, & J.T. Roane. At 10:15
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Police Power and the Election of Newark’s First Black Mayor
Fifty years ago, Newark, New Jersey, elected its first Black mayor—Kenneth Gibson—at a moment when there was an urgency to
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“We’ll Hold The Police Accountable!”: The Useful Meaninglessnesses of Liberal-speak
It has been two years since Stephon Clark was killed in his grandmother’s backyard. Two years since Rev. Al Sharpton
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Occupied Territory: An Author’s Response
*This post is part of our joint online roundtable with the Journal of Civil and Human Rights on Simon Balto’s Occupied Territory: Policing
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