Police brutality
Inspired by Black Lives Matter, Israelis protest police brutality
Inspired by Black Lives Matter, Israelis protest police brutality
Can a single passage of Talmud help us think about Black Lives Matter?
Such an absurd demand — “Change your shoes or we’ll kill you!” — but it’s the Talmud showing how an oppressive society can crush its minorities.
‘Palestinian Lives Matter’ trope resurfaces amid George Floyd protests
“While everybody’s in the mood to talk about human rights, this is what happens EVERYDAY in Palestine, paid for by our taxpayer dollars.”
Letter from Minneapolis: ‘I did what I could today’
Boots on the ground the last few hours, and the scene is more devastating and horrific than you can imagine from the photos.
Letter from Minneapolis: Why I’m marching for George Floyd
On Monday night, Minneapolis witnessed a lynching. A white police officer murdered George Floyd, and the video left no doubt of what had happened.
NY Attorney General opens probe into NYPD COVID enforcement
“It is inherently wrong to aggressively police one group of people, yet ignore another group that commits the same infraction.”
A Black, Hasidic Jew Says He Almost Got Shot By Police — For Buying Conditioner
Ben Faulding, who is black and Jewish, said the clerk who called the cops on him reported that he was armed.
The Journalist Who Told The World About Laquan McDonald Faces New Challenge
“We’re in the middle of a large, historic thing,” Kalven said. “We could end up in a worse place rather than a better place.”
Does Donald Trump Even Have a Policy on Police Reform and Racial Justice?
Rabbi Liz Goldstein is deeply disturbed by how Donald Trump and his policing policies show little concern for the value of certain peoples’ lives.
A Black American on Making All Lives Matter
Chloé Valdary discusses our collective search for meaning in these noxious political times.