Chicago After Laquan McDonald
The activists fighting for police reform in the wake of a video that showed a black teenager shot 16 times by a white cop.
Police Brutality
City Hall Screwjob
The city of Cleveland is on the hook $18.7 million in judgements for police brutality. They have a plan to get out of paying. And if it works, cities across the country could starting using the same maneuver.
"I Dream About It Every Night"
What happens to the people who film famous incidents of police violence.
Letter to My Son
“Here is what I would like for you to know: In America, it is traditional to destroy the black body—it is heritage.”
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Ghosts & Cyborgs"
Loss and family in an era of police crime and black protests.
"Guilt racked Lois as she downed the last of her coffee. She had promised Jillian she’d go to church with her whenever the verdict came; they were supposed to mourn together. The thing was, even as they were having the conversation, Lois knew she wasn’t going. Something about the thought felt hollow and wrong. How could she embrace people inside the comforts of stained glass when, outside, folks were fighting a foul battle?"
Making Sense of Ferguson
A narrative of the Michael Brown shooting.
The Police Are Still Out of Control
An epilogue to Serpico.
Let’s Be Real
On Cops, cop movies and Ferguson.
The Front Lines of Ferguson
Two days in crisis.
At that moment, I didn’t feel like a journalist. There was nothing about this event that I felt the need to chronicle. There was no time to find out what the bombs actually were and what was actually coming out of the guns and what type of gas was coming out of the canisters. In this moment, there was nothing I felt the need to broadcast to the world. I didn’t even have the desire to communicate my safety or lack thereof.
I was just a black man in Ferguson.
Rikers: Where Mental Illness Meets Brutality
An investigation into how Rikers Island guards treat the roughly 4,000 inmates who are mentally ill.
