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To Baltimore With Love: Chicago’s Freedom Dreams
Hundreds of Chicagoans marched in solidarity with those in the streets of Baltimore.
In Closed Door Meeting, Police Commissioner Says No New Evidence of Force Injuries to Freddie Gray
Protesters have focused on Baltimore's City Hall.
Police Were Harassing Students Before Monday’s Outrage
Documents show how police engaged in a pattern of abuse since the killing of Freddie Gray.
“Thugs,” “Hooligans” and “Riots,” Challenging Narratives With Dominque Stevenson
Stevenson witnessed the events that precipitated Monday's uprising.
Killing the Future: The Theft of Black Life
To be Black in America is to be evidence of a theft.
The Rise of Privatized Policing: How Crisis Capitalism Created Crisis Cops
With more private security guards than public police officers, what are the consequences for accountability?
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Racial Inequality and the Economics of Social Justice
Markers of economic and social inequality abound, so it should come as no surprise that US institutions are ripe with racial injustice.
How Punitive and Racist Policing Enforces Gentrification in San Francisco
Gentrification of cities isn't just caused by rich people moving in. In San Francisco, the police help.
“Running While Black”: Protests Swell Over Death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore Police Custody
Protests in Baltimore have entered their fifth day.
The Struggle to Abolish Bail Gaining Momentum in Massachusetts
This Thursday is the first settlement hearing on the videotaping of women being strip-searched at the Chicopee jail.