What will it take to reshape America’s police departments, and curtail the unprompted police killings that beset us still?
Civil Rights in America
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The Making of Ferguson: How Decades of Hostile Policy Created a Powder Keg
Long before the shooting of Michael Brown, official racial-isolation policies primed Ferguson for this summer’s events.
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Without Passage of Violence Against Women Act 20 Years Ago, We Might Not Be Talking About Ray Rice
But it may take another century before the beating of women by the men in their lives seems as barbaric and unacceptable as slavery does today.
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In American Jewish Politics Regarding Israel, the Center Is Collapsing
Increasingly, U.S. media are covering the growing repression of left-wing and dissenting voices in Israel, alienating many American Jews, especially among the young.
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I’m Polite, Middle-Class and Harassed By Police. Here’s Why.
The targeting of citizens by authorities based on racial stereotypes is a serious issue that needs refocusing—an issue that needs to be looked at starting from the root and not the leaf.
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College Sticker Price Still Matters. Here’s Why.
Sure, there are “coupons” like scholarships and grants, but sticker price still has a big impact on both the federal government and students.
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Reparations and the Subprime Meltdown in the Era of Obama
No matter how much a black family evinced the values and virtues of the middle class, that family was still likely to be punished, humiliated and to falter.
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The New Moral Panic Over Drug-Dependent Babies
As with the hyped-up crack-baby crisis, fears about neonatal abstinence syndrome appear to be overblown. But that won’t stop states from punishing pregnant women.
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The Next Christian Sex-Abuse Scandal
As sex-abuse allegations multiply, Billy Graham’s grandson is on a mission to persuade Protestant churches to come clean.
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’Coming Out’ Doesn’t Begin to Describe It: Message from a Trans Survivor
For trans people, revealing their history calls the truth of their gender into question.
