Today on TAP: Trump’s response to the protests is not just disgusting, it’s discrediting
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Posted inCivil Rights in America
Welcome to the White House Terrordome
The lynching of George Floyd sparked the violence that African Americans expected from Trump’s presidency.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Our Police Problem
White male cops are the last people we should employ to police our cities.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
A Tense Weekend in San Diego
Mostly peaceful protests continued through the weekend, with the expansive police presence generating an atmosphere of fear.
Posted inCoronavirus
Unsanitized: Social Unrest When There’s Nothing to Lose
Plus, the Fed helps out Carl Icahn. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for May 29, 2020.
Posted inBooks
The Courage to Defy Brutality
The case of a black Army veteran that spurred a South Carolina federal judge to defy his state’s white supremacist power structure
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
National Police Union Mum on Brutality Concerns
The Fraternal Order of Police, the country’s largest and most powerful police union, has had little to say about recent cases of police brutality or white supremacist violence.
Posted inWorking in America
Ignoring Police Violence
Baltimore officials accepted a voluntary settlement to reduce police abuses. Jeff Sessions wants to kill it.Â
Posted inLaw and Justice
Race and the Tragedy of Quota-Based Policing
Arrest targets compound the risk of racially biased stop-and-frisk.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Community Policing in a Time of Crisis
Community policing programs can improve relations between police officers and residents, but current tensions underscore the challenges.
