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Young men make up the majority of black people killed by police in the US. That’s fed a perception that black women are somehow shielded from the threat of police violence. They aren’t.
According to a new study, about 52 of every 100,000 men and boys, and about 3 of every 100,000 women and girls, are killed by police in the US.
Is the Federal Emergency Management Agency ready for the new era of disasters?
Will the candidates acknowledge the Black Lives Matter platform during the debate in St. Louis? Millennial voters will be listening.
People risk being physically harmed during violent protests. But there is also an emotional element at play.
No federal database provides reliable info on deaths that occur in police custody. It’s the same situation in 48 states. But now California and Texas are offering new models of accountability.
Do Americans view all youth as equally ‘innocent’? A historian takes us back to the movement that led to unequal treatment of black and white youth in the justice system.
Reform of police departments must include a reexamination of why cops and civilians come in contact so frequently in the first place.
Flex, a dance style that originated in Jamaica in the 1990s, has evolved into a protest movement in the US that enables its practitioners to articulate their experiences of racism, police brutality and violence.
Historically black colleges account for only 3% of all colleges and universities. But, even today, 20% of black Americans earn their degrees at these schools.
Two criminologists long associated with the University of Missouri – St Louis dispel myths about Ferguson, a community that borders the campus, and explain what’s behind the violent protests there.
A movement grew out of Michael Brown’s death one year ago. The people in #BlackLivesMatter want us to fully witness violence against black youth. Their tools are cell phones and social media.
Recent social unrest across the country protesting the police shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson and the police chokehold death of Eric Garner in New York has reopened wounds and revealed deeply…
Michael Brown’s recent shooting death by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson illustrates the pressing importance of digitally documenting police activity, while Eric Garner’s case illustrates the limits…
Now that the grand jury has decided not to indict Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-year old man, there remain many questions about this grand jury and generally…
Following the decision by a grand jury not to indict St Louis police officer Darren Wilson for fatally shooting teenager Michael Brown, it has been suggested that the incident is far from a special case…
Before the ambulance even came to collect the body of 18 year-old Michael Brown from the streets of Ferguson, it was clear that this case would be tried in the court of public opinion. Was Brown a “gentle…
Last week on ABC’s This Week, President Obama said, “My own experience tells me race relations continue to improve,” and “There’s no way to say race relations are worse than 20, 50 years ago.” It’s impossible…
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Associate Professor of History, University of Pittsburgh
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Professor in Creative Industries, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Journalism, Columbia University
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Professor of Sociology, Rice University
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Professor of Political Science, Pro Vice Chancellor of the Social Sciences, University of Nottingham
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Henry Hitchcock Professor of Law, School of Law, Washington University in St Louis
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Professor of Law, Georgia State University
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Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Texas Christian University
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Regents' Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University
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Associate Professor of Sociology, UMass Amherst
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Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication, New York University
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Founders Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Missouri-St. Louis
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Assistant Professor of Law, Georgia State University
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Visiting Assistant Professor of Black American Studies, University of Delaware
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Professor of History, American University School of International Service
