Op-Ed | Looking Away From Police Killings The policies, practices and attitudes that lead to so many black people being killed by law enforcement have to be confronted. By Janine Jackson , FAIR January 16, 2015 Truthout
News Analysis | Culture & Media From Lynching Photos to Michael Brown’s Body: Commodifying Black Death It's worth questioning what it means for us culturally that the media exploits images of brutalized and dead Black people. By William C. Anderson , Truthout January 16, 2015 Truthout
News Analysis | The Distorted Exaggeration of Black-on-Black Crime Ignores Much of the United States’ Criminality American discourse on crime is deeply politicized and influenced by racial and class bias. By Adam Hudson , AlterNet January 15, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | Charlie Hebdo: We Must Grieve the Dead Without Misconstruing Racism as Democratic Ideal Political cartoons are free speech, but they are not always innocent and inherently democratic. By Christen A. Smith , Truthout January 9, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | Time to Stand Up to the NYPD Police need to be empowered so they do not fear speaking up when they see misbehavior by their colleagues. By Kevin Zeese , GreenShadowCabinet January 8, 2015 Truthout
News | Palestinian Political Prisoner Writes Letter of Solidarity with Black Americans Palestinians have a long history of standing in solidarity with black Americans and oppressed groups around the world. By Ben Norton , SpeakOut January 8, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | #BlackLivesMatter: Because to Many, They Don’t We are having a harder time accepting the reality that these protections, these rights, these freedoms, do not exist for everyone. By Stephanie Panousieris , SpeakOut January 7, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | On Community, Redemption and Leadership The things that I have been able to achieve, despite the struggles and setbacks, actually began inside of prison. The changes that I had to make, those took place … By Yusef Bunchy Shakur , SpeakOut January 7, 2015 Truthout