The untold stories of women in the 1967 Detroit rebellion and its aftermath
In the film 'Detroit,' the voices of women are largely absent.
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Why Detroit exploded in the summer of 1967
Fifty years ago, Jeffrey Horner watched news broadcasts of the riots that erupted just miles from his home. But he was worlds apart from the racial tensions that had been festering for decades.
Brazil’s biggest problem isn’t corruption — it’s murder
Some 60,000 Brazilians are killed each year, accounting for 10% of all homicides worldwide. As terrorised voters look to authoritarian leaders to impose order, Brazil's democracy hangs in the balance.
A horrific accusation against police reignites anger in Paris suburbs
An officer is under investigation for rape, a young man is in hospital, and people want answers.
Police and French youth: A long and brutal history
Governments' continual use of security forces to 'keep order' in low-income and minority neighborhoods masks their inability find solutions other than force.
South African students have much to teach those who ignore injustice
Social justice is not just a phrase for protesting students. Instead it is something that defines them.
Why student protests in South Africa have turned violent
Protest movements become radicalised by two factors: escalating policing and competitive escalation between political adversaries and other protesting groups.
Police shootings and race in America: Five essential reads
Protests erupted against the killing of black men by police in Tulsa and Charlotte. This roundup looks at research on racial violence and explains where there might be potential solutions.
The watchdog over South Africa’s elite police unit is in serious need of teeth
The main criticism leveled at the body that oversees the work of South Africa's elite police unit, the Hawks, is that it lacks the power to initiate investigations, making it ineffective.
Billy goes to Marikana: the staged lives and times of two mining towns
Two musicals set in working class mining communities -- one in the UK and the other in South Africa -- have diametrically opposed messages: one of hope; the other, despair.
Remembering Michael Brown: Why black youth are branded as criminals
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.
Five years after his death sparked riots, we must not forget Mark Duggan
Mark Duggan was shot by the police in 2011, but it took two-and-a-half years to complete an inquest into his death.
What Black Lives Matter means beyond policing reform
A historian examines what it means to value black life, then and now.
Heavy-handed police tactics raise concerns about democracy in Uganda
The heavy-handed tactics used by Uganda's authorities during the 2016 elections have raised questions about a return to an oppressive past.
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