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What Blackout Tuesday Can Teach Us About Virtue Signaling
Looking back at the widely criticized black square campaign reveals what the actual risks (and occasional rewards) are to sharing our moral beliefs online
Cops Wrongly Entered Black Family's Home, Left 11-Year-Old 'Shaking': Ottawa Man
In a separate incident, Ottawa police officers were filmed complaining that "white man’s day is done."
RCMP Discriminated Against Mom of Indigenous Man Who Was Shot Dead: Watchdog
Colten Boushie’s family said they’re “pleased” with a new report, released by an RCMP oversight agency, that found evidence of clear racism targeting them—officers even smelled Boushie’s mother’s breath for alcohol.
Anti-Asian Twitter Hashtags Spiked After Trump Called COVID the ‘Chinese Virus’
Asian Americans have reported thousands of incidents of harassment and violence over the past year.
Atlanta Shooting Shows How Police Are Failing Asian Women
For sex worker advocates, the police response to the Georgia shootings proves law enforcement is incapable of keeping migrants of color and sex workers safe.
Cops Caught This Amputee With $400 of Medicinal Weed—So They Took His Car and His Cash
Twenty-three-year-old Quan Holt has been treated like a drug kingpin. But he still hasn’t been indicted on any charges.
GOP Lawmakers Want to Make It a Crime to Insult Cops
Kentucky lawmakers are going after protesters who address law enforcement officers with “offensive or derisive words.”
These Civilian ‘Police’ Are Being Trained to Protect Black Americans
The chair of BLM Greater New York plans to launch his Peace Officers initiative in the Bronx and Atlanta on the anniversary of George Floyd's death.
Cops Had No Reason to Put Elijah McClain in Chokehold, Investigation Finds
A new report finds that there was no reason to stop the 23-year-old, let alone place him in a chokehold and inject him with ketamine.
Ring Users Gave LAPD Footage of Black Lives Matter Protests
New emails show that Ring's private surveillance network is sometimes being used by cops to surveil activities at major protests.
The Pandemic Is Killing Black Mothers
Amber Rose Isaac died during childbirth. Her partner says that wouldn't have happened if she'd been white.
Charlottesville Mayor: Biden’s Call for Unity Won’t Fix Systemic Racism
We spoke to Nikuyah Walker, the mayor of Charlottesville, about what it’s like to govern during a racial reckoning.