‘Swatting’ innocent people is the latest incarnation of the decades-long gestation of an infrastructure of fear.
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Posted inPolitics
Can Progressive New York Revive?
That depends on whether organizing and unity are a match for two incumbents in the pocket of business and one embittered ex-governor.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Omaha Bans Ghost Gun Kits—for Now
As the ghost gun threat accelerates, red states are going after blue cities trying to control the proliferation of the weapons.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
‘I Don’t Want to Be George Floyd’
Another African American dies in Mobile, as police shootings multiply in Alabama.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
How Race Bends Science
The clinical diagnosis of schizophrenia has been applied disproportionately to Black men, an artifact of a changing culture.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Guns, Race, and Stats: The Three Deadliest Weapons in America
Why is the mainstream media peddling the gun lobby’s fake stats on Black gun ownership?
Posted inTAP
Texas Republicans: Maniacs and Megalomaniacs
Today on TAP: The legislature already stopped cities from passing laws they don’t like; now they’re claiming they can supersede federal law, too.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Texas Legislature Votes to Seize Immigration Authority From Feds
A major U.S. Supreme Court case could be on the horizon as the Lone Star State takes international matters into its own hands.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Israeli Civil and Human Rights Degrade in a Time of War
Many have been arrested, public demonstrations have been banned or discouraged—even social media postings have been policed.
Posted inLaw and Justice
What We Can Learn From Falling Crime
The pandemic caused a lot of crime. But police reform can play a part in reducing it as well.