Truthout
Police Violence
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Impending Chicago Teachers’ Strike Adds Power to Nationwide Movements Against Inequality and Racism
As Chicago protests continue, the teachers union has an opportunity to make powerful demands for racial and economic justice.
Daniel Holtzclaw and the Vulnerability of Black Women to Police Abuse
We hear from some of his victims and speak with three guests.
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Freeing Killer Cops and Caging Domestic Violence Survivors: Do Black Lives Matter in Chicago?
Police officers are rarely penalized for killing people, but Black women are frequently punished for choosing to survive.
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In Chicago, New Police Reform Task Force Triggers Feeling of Déjà Vu
Chicago is once again gripped by a familiar story.
Racism and Mass Incarceration in the US Heartland: Historical Roots of the New Jim Crow
Racialized police violence in Chicago is not an aberration; it reflects a long history of discriminatory policing in the Midwest.
Ta-Nehisi Coates on Police Brutality: “The Violence Is Not New, It’s the Cameras That Are New”
Ta-Nehisi Coates discusses white supremacy and being Black in the US.
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We Still Can’t Breathe: Justice for Dontay Ivy
Albany was supposed to be different.
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Why Did Chicago Activists Shut Down an International Police Conference?
Police brutality is nothing but a way to try to disguise racism behind a gun and a badge.
Henry A. Giroux | Youth in Authoritarian Times: Challenging Neoliberalism’s Politics of Disposability
Young people today are forced to inhabit a world where childhood is nonexistent, but a different future is possible.
On Police and Stolen Native Lives: A Lakota Mother Speaks
Lynn Eagle Feather, the mother of Paul Castaway, an Indigenous man who was killed by Denver police, speaks about her son's case.