Official records on police homicides are full of holes. A new study tries to fill in the gaps – and finds new evidence of racial and regional inequality.
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Does it make sense to compare the percentage of black Americans shot by police to the percentage of black Americans in the population? A new analysis suggests a different way of looking at the data.
A historian explains the significance of the Emmett Till murder for the civil rights movement.
Scholarship in organizational psychology has shown that when employee morale is low, it can result in poorer performance. A new study finds this may be true for some police officers.
Diversity is an enormously appealing and powerful concept, yet it can also distract us from the focus we need to face today’s pressing social issues. So what’s the way forward?
In activist circles a conversation is taking place about the lives of white killers and how their lives might matter more to police than everyday Black folks.
Donald Glover's music video is a multi-layered political statement which aims to kick its audience out of its complacency.
A longtime Crown ward since he was a child refugee, Abdoul Abdi is far more of a product of Canada than Somalia. Why is the government attempting to deport him after failing him so badly as a child?
A health and human rights researcher, therapist and professor explains why racial justice is a public health issue.
One of the harshest critiques of white racism appeared 50 years ago in the federal government's own Kerner Commission report. And racism may be why the report's recommendations were largely ignored.
Police violence is like a nuclear bomb. The initial impact only causes a fraction of the deaths to come.
Five novels for young adults that boldly tackle tough issues - from racism, to Indigenous identity and the Holocaust - to cultivate critical thinking in the classroom and at home.
For the African-American community, Kwanzaa is not just any "black holiday. " It is a recognition that knowledge of black history is worthwhile.
Neither the spurious 'facts' about killings of police nor the supposedly 'colour-blind' logic of the backlash against Black Lives Matter hold up under scrutiny. Instead, they confirm its point.
Blackbirding is one of many shared Australian histories. Australian South Sea Islanders want to encourage broader community goodwill as we work towards social justice for a forgotten people.
White Americans have been in denial about the fact that police go after Black men and other men of colour. But the research and statistics kept by state and federal agencies show this happens.
Despite the promise of Black Lives Matter, it has not been taken up as a central political movement by Indigenous Australians.
The peace and justice Black Lives Matter seeks require a fundamental transformation of a system that preys on and benefits from Black suffering.
Donald Trump seems to have a passion for cruelty, often publicly celebrating his investment in violence as a source of pleasure. Those tendencies represent symptoms of a broader American sickness.
For Gandhi, whose birth anniversary is Monday, Oct. 2, nonviolent resistance meant placing one's own body in harm’s way to expose social injustices, which made it a powerful political tool.
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Assistant researcher, University of Sydney
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Professor of Political Science, University of Washington
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Associate Professor of African and Afro-American Studies, Brandeis University
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Professor of History, American University School of International Service
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Assistant Lecturer Global Health, Ethics and Human Rights School of Health, York University, Canada
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Honorary Research Associate of the School of Media and Communication, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in American Politics and Foreign Policy, Academic Director of the US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Honorary Associate, La Trobe University
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Senior Lecturer, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit (ATSIS Unit), The University of Queensland
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DECRA Senior Research Fellow, Deakin University
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Bryan Cranston adalah Sahabat The Conversation.
PhD Candidate in Politics and History, Swinburne University of Technology
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Associate Professor of Africana Studies and History, Bowdoin College
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Professor of Law, University of Texas at Austin
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PhD Student, Rhetorics, Communication and Information Design, Clemson University
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Professor of Law, Hamline University
