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George Floyd’s Black body was on trial
Magdi Semrau explains the racist history behind Derek Chauvin’s defense.
David Brooks is maddening but he has an important role to play in moving the needle of progress
No one represents better the conventional wisdom of respectable white people.
There was a brief time when civil courts could force cops to pay damages. Then SCOTUS stepped in
Legal historian Mia Brett explains how we got here.
The Chauvin verdict isn’t a turning point in equal justice. But it does suggest a new political norm
Compromising with liars is no longer respectable.
Maxine Waters understands why violence from an armed-agent of the state is existential
She shouldn’t have said it, but she wasn’t wrong, writes Issac J. Bailey.
What Derek Chauvin’s conviction in the murder of George Floyd tells us about liberal patriotism
It’s incoherent to those confusing love of country for love of the status quo.
Capitol cop Brian Sicknick died of natural causes, but don’t kid yourself. The insurgency killed him
It might not be murder, but his assailants hastened his death.
Odds are in favor of Chauvin’s acquittal
White people usually don’t see that killing people is key to policing.
ICE and the Border Patrol consume $20B a year, but have not made us safer. Just the opposite
The threat is not coming from outsiders.
The ‘migration crisis’ is a complete fiction
The Republicans are making legal action seem illegal.