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An Officer Is Charged With Murder. Colleagues Briefly Drop Their Guns.

Tension is rising between London’s Metropolitan Police Service and the public after officers shot an unarmed Black man in London.

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International News: Riots in France Highlight a Vicious Cycle Between Police and Minorities

France is being torn apart by riots as protestors fight back against persistent police brutality toward Black citizens.

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How ex-Confederates spread racist attitudes far and wide after the Civil War

The National Bureau of Economic Research has traced the impact of former Confederates migrating from the south and brining racism with them.

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What Happened When a Brooklyn Neighborhood Policed Itself for Five Days

Residents of Brownsville, NY, have taken law-enforcement into their own hands and succeeded in a revolutionary policing experiment.

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For a Notorious Police Department, This Killing Was the Last Straw

In Paterson, New Jersey, the murder of Najee Seabrooks led the state attorney general to take control of the city’s police department, known for its abuse of power.

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California reparations amount, if any, left to politicians

The leader of California’s first-in-the-nation reparations task force said it won’t take a stance on how much the state should compensate Black residents.

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Here’s Why We Shouldn’t Fund the Police

Brianna Patt argues why the recent increase in Dallas police funding is not the solution, especially for the Black community.

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Mississippi Senate OKs bill affecting majority-Black city

Mississippi’s Republican-led Senate voted Tuesday to pass a bill appointing white judges inside the majority-Black capital city of Jackson.

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Envisioning a New World Through Abolition Geography

Dr. Ruth Wilson Gilmore believes prisons and policing should be abolished, as the criminal justice system unfairly targets Black communities.

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The art of the denial

Examples of racism denial. (ALEX LASALVIA)

Racism deniers fall back on several tropes to justify their ignorance of an issue that colors the lives of millions of people every day.

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