Black Lives Matter

Even Being a NY Times Columnist’s Son at Yale Isn’t Enough to Prevent Racist Police Harassment

Charles Blow vented on Twitter when his son had a gun drawn on him by Yale Police.

Terrell Jermaine Starr, Alternet

The Women Behind Black Lives Matter

The 'leaderless' movement is being propelled by the efforts of women of color.

Kendra Pierre-Louis

From Ayotzinapa to Ferguson: Through an Eye Socket Darkly

The identified body of one of the 43 missing students from Ayotzinapa, Mexico, and the police killings of Eric Garner and Michael Brown in the U.S. reveal deep similarities between the two countries' political classes.

Shannon Speed and Rosalva Aída Hernández

Chicago Police Tortured Dozens of Black Men. Now, Victims Are Demanding Reparations.

Momentum is growing for a bill to finally help heal the wounds of years of torture of black men by the Chicago Police Department.

F. Amanda Tugade

When Police ‘Reforms’ Only Legitimize Police Abuses

The proposed policing reforms in response to the killings of Michael Brown and Eric Garner won't lessen police violence against communities of color. In fact, they may actually make it worse.

Michael Collins

A Short History of Killer Cops Let Off the Hook

The U.S. has a long history of allowing police to walk free after vicious racist violence.

Flint Taylor

Whether Darren Wilson Is Indicted or Not, the Entire System Is Guilty

An indictment of the Ferguson police officer who killed Michael Brown would not prove that black lives matter in America.

Mariame Kaba

Jon Burge, Torturer of Over 100 Black Men, Is Out of Prison After Less Than Four Years

Chicago's notorious former police commander is released from prison. A human rights lawyer representing police torture victims responds.

Flint Taylor

Chicago’s Cop Watchers

Youth stand up to police violence.

Kari Lydersen

Policing After Ferguson

Can we stop the brutality?

Jessica Stites

From Watts to Ferguson

The riot is still 'the language of the unheard.'

Rick Perlstein

The Tamale Underground

Street vendors must skirt the law to make a living.

Rebecca Burns

After Ferguson, It’s Clear Cops Need Policing

Dan Staggs

Scenes From Ferguson We Must Not Overlook

As Ferguson's story continues to unfold, the images from those on the ground paint a haunting picture.

John Michael Davis

‘Hands Up, Don’t Shoot’: A National Moment of Silence for Mike Brown

Ethan Corey

Confronting Chicago’s Tortured Past

Ana Martinez

Chicago’s Hidden Stop-and-Frisk

A lack of data makes police profiling difficult to prove in Chicago, but the arrest of two Latino outreach workers suggests it's alive and well.

Kari Lydersen

Post-Occupy, #myNYPD Makes New York’s Blood Boil

As Occupier Cecily McMillan stands trial, the city's 99% rediscovers its anger toward the NYPD.

Sarah Jaffe