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Policing

Wall Street Is Making Millions Off Police Brutality

So-called “police-brutality bonds” are a transfer of wealth from Main Street to Wall Street.
Brooke Sweeney
6.24.20
News

RCMP Drop Charges Against First Nations Chief They Violently Arrested

Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Chief Allan Adam was charged with resisting arrest and assaulting an officer. Two weeks after RCMP dashcam footage showed the violent arrest, the charges are being dropped.
Anya Zoledziowski
6.24.20
Coronavirus

The Government Is Easing Lockdown Because It Wants You to Go Back to Work

Why is the Conservatives' idea of freedom always the freedom to get back to the grindstone?
Richard Seymour
6.24.20
police

D.C.’s Bad Cops List Is Shrouded in Secrecy—and Could Be Impacting Criminal Cases

Documents from federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C., uncovered by a FOIA lawsuit, raise new questions about a secret list of cops accused of misconduct.
Anna Merlan
6.24.20
Games Reviews

'Hardspace: Shipbreaker' Is a Beautifully Dystopian Sci-Fi Job Simulator

My God it's full of OSHA violations.
Rob Zacny
6.24.20
Michael Flynn

Michael Flynn Is One Step Closer to Walking Away Scot-Free

A Trump-appointed judge just decided, after a request from the DOJ, that his criminal case must be dropped.
Greg Walters
6.24.20
2020

Progressives Just Had Their Best Primary Night of 2020

Former school principal Jamaal Bowman has a big lead over 16-term Democrat Eliot Engel, and Mondaire Jones and Ritchie Torres could become the first openly gay Black members of Congress.
Cameron Joseph
6.24.20
Politics

White Oregon School Board Member Replaces Face With Black NBA Star’s in Official Meeting

"Blackface and other forms of white supremacy have no space in our community," a group organizing against the official said.
Ben Makuch
6.24.20
William Barr

Trump's Department of Justice Is Harassing Legal Weed Companies Because Bill Barr Hates Pot

A DOJ whistleblower says that because of Barr's personal antipathy toward cannabis, the department is using unnecessary antitrust investigations to harass legal weed companies.
Greg Walters
6.24.20
drug war

When They Killed Our Men

The Philippine drug war has seen thousands of deaths at the hands of police. They leave behind countless women and children, whose collective trauma is far-reaching, and often overlooked.
Natashya Gutierrez
6.24.20
Entertainment

Embrace Quarantine Brain With Conner O'Malley's Vines

These erratic videos were more polarizing in Normal Times but now, their insanity truly resonates.
Ashwin Rodrigues
6.24.20
Music

How 'Candy' by Cameo Became a Joyous Black Call To Arms

From hall parties to protests, the endurance of the 80s funk classic shows how music and cultural practice gets passed down from generation to generation.
Jumi Akinfenwa
6.24.20
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