If you’re surprised that the civil rights leader and MSNBC host has broken with the left on Hamas, you haven’t been paying attention.
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Posted inEducation
Against University Statements
A professor explains why presidents and administrators on campus should foster dialogue on important issues rather than just issue pronouncements.
Posted inSeptember/October 2023
How Social Justice Activists Lost the Plot
The leftist writer Fredrik DeBoer’s new book is an entreaty to white, college-educated progressives: Stop obsessing over identity and language and start fighting for working people.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Tyre Nichols, George Floyd, Police Abuse, and the Need to Redefine “Qualified Immunity”
The legal doctrine makes it nearly impossible for plaintiffs to win a lawsuit against an individual wrongdoer in a police abuse case. Congress can fix that.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
Chauvin’s Murder of Floyd Was a Crime Against Humanity
It’s important to understand the slaying in the context of institutional racism and racial segregation.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
Justice for George Floyd Doesn’t Stop Here
Derek Chauvin’s conviction is a step toward progress, but the real work of reforming American policing has only just begun.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
Geography Helped Kill George Floyd
Social science suggests that racism and geography form a toxic mix that triggers police violence. Here’s how to make it better.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
Trump Is Wrong: Affordable Housing Can Help the Suburbs
Studies show that socioeconomically mixed neighborhoods are more prosperous—not crime-ridden.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
A Simple Way to Demilitarize the Police
How Congress can prevent local law enforcement from deploying equipment that belongs only on a battlefield.
Posted inPolitical Animal
William Barr’s Potemkin Efforts to Deal with Police Violence
He wants “voluntarily” reforms to avoid offending the cops.
