Menu
Idea

police brutality

426
Filter by:

Filter by published date

Viewing 331–360 of 426 results. Go to first page

Officer Friendly and the Invention of the “Good Cop”

If your childhood vision of police is all pet rescues and tinfoil badges, Friendly’s “copaganda” did its job.
by Rebecca Onion via Slate on August 27, 2020

Fannie Lou Hamer's Dauntless Fight for Black Americans' Right to Vote

The activist did not learn about her right to vote until she was 44, but once she did, she vigorously fought for black voting rights
by Keisha N. Blain via Smithsonian on August 20, 2020
Survivors of Hiroshima

Daughters of the Bomb: A Story of Hiroshima, Racism and Human Rights

On the 75th anniversary of the A-bomb, a Japanese-American writer speaks to one of the last living survivors.
by Erika Hayasaki via Narratively on August 5, 2020
Two people clinking their bottles of beer together.

Let Us Drink in Public

Open container laws criminalize working-class people and make public life less fun. We need to legalize public drinking.
by Miles Kampf-Lassin via Jacobin on August 4, 2020
A photograph of enslaved laborers picking and carrying cotton in a field near Montgomery, Alabama.

Capitalism, Slavery, and Power over Price

The debate between historians and economists over the definition of capitalism, and the legacy of slavery in the structure of today's economy.
by Caitlin C. Rosenthal, Johnny Fulfer via The Economic Historian on August 3, 2020

Racism Among White Christians is Higher Than Among the Nonreligious. That's no Coincidence.

For most of American history, the light-skinned Jesus conjured up by white congregations demanded the preservation of inequality as part of the divine order.
by Robert P. Jones via NBC News on July 28, 2020
An image of the J. E. B. Stuart statue on Richmond's Monument Avenue being removed, its pedestal covered in graffiti.

All Statues Are Local

The Great Toppling of 2020 and the rebirth of civic imagination.
by Siddhartha Mitter via The Intercept on July 19, 2020

The Essential and Enduring Strength of John Lewis

What the late civil-rights leader and congressman taught the nation.
by Jelani Cobb via The New Yorker on July 19, 2020
Militarized police and an armored car.

The Racist Origins of U.S. Policing

Modern policing is linked to overseas colonial projects of conquest, occupation, and rule. Demilitarization requires uprooting that worldview.
by Julian Go via Foreign Affairs on July 16, 2020

The Invention of the Police

Why did American policing get so big, so fast? The answer, mainly, is slavery.
by Jill Lepore via The New Yorker on July 13, 2020

The Empire of All Maladies

Indigenous scholars have long contested the “virgin-soil epidemics” thesis. Today, it is clear that the disease thesis simply doesn’t hold up.
by Nick Estes via The Baffler on July 6, 2020
Young demonstraters from Los Angeles in La Marcha Por La Justicia, 1971.

The Many Explosions of Los Angeles in the 1960s

Set the Night on Fire isn't just a portrait of a city in upheaval. It's a history of uprisings for civil rights, against poverty, and for a better world.
by Samuel Farber via Jacobin on June 29, 2020
partner

Liberal Reform Threatens to Expand the Police Power – Just as it Did in the Past

How calls for “real reforms” have resulted in measures that further shield police from real accountability.
by Max Felker-Kantor via HNN on June 28, 2020
A stone marked as a slave auction block and tagged with graffiti.
partner

What PTSD Tells Us About the History of Slavery

June, PTSD Awareness month, is a time to recognize how trauma has shaped our history.
by Tyler D. Parry via Made By History on June 28, 2020

Asian Americans Are Still Caught in the Trap of the ‘Model Minority’ Stereotype

Generations of Asian Americans have struggled to prove an Americanness that should not need to be proven.
by Viet Thanh Nguyen via TIME on June 26, 2020

The Power of Empty Pedestals

After Governor Northam announced its removal, two Richmond historians reflect on the legacy of the Lee Monument.
by Gregory D. Smithers, Michael Dickinson via The Bitter Southerner on June 23, 2020

The Racist History of Curfews in America

The restrictions imposed during recent racial justice protests have their roots in efforts to “contain” Black Americans. 
by Linda Poon via CityLab on June 18, 2020
A lie-in in the road outside of a Pittsburgh jail. Many activists lay in both lanes of the road, some holding signs.
partner

Bail Funds Are Having a Moment in 2020

But today’s activism reflects longstanding commitments to freedom.
by Melanie Newport via Made By History on June 17, 2020
New York Police Department logo on the side of a car.

Why Are NYPD Cruisers Playing the Ice Cream Truck Jingle?

The melody occupies a niche space at the intersection of ice cream, entertainment, and Black history.
by Luke Fater via Atlas Obscura on June 16, 2020

The Unpresident and the Unredeemed Promise

A combination of historical surpluses—the afterlives of slavery, of the deranged presidency—has raised the stakes in the present struggle.
by Fintan O’Toole via New York Review of Books on June 12, 2020
Protester holding a "Defund the Police" sign.

Defund the Police

Protest slogans and the terms for debate.
by Austin McCoy via Perspectives on History on June 12, 2020
From left, actors Bernnadette Stanis, John Amos and Ja'Net Dubois accept the Impact Award for “Good Times” at the 2006 TV Land Awards in Santa Monica, Calif. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
partner

Television Is Already Moving to Address Racism — But Will the Effort Last?

Past network efforts to address racism faded as uprisings stopped dominating headlines.
by Kate L. Flach via Made By History on June 11, 2020
A man in a blue check suit with news microphones pointed at him gestures to rows of uniformed police officers standing behind him.
partner

The Long Tie Between Police Unions and Police Violence — and What to do About It

Limits on when police can use force is a better solution than banning police unions.
by Aaron Bekemeyer via Made By History on June 9, 2020

Yes, American Police Act Like Occupying Armies. They Literally Studied Their Tactics

The founders of modern policing quelled foreign uprisings. ‘Demilitarizing’ police will be harder than taking away their tanks.
by Stuart Schrader via The Guardian on June 8, 2020
Two men talking, one with an American flag and one with a 'thin blue line' flag.

The Short, Fraught History of the ‘Thin Blue Line’ American Flag

The controversial version of the U.S. flag has been hailed as a sign of police solidarity and criticized as a symbol of white supremacy.
by Maurice Chammah, Cary Aspinwall via The Marshall Project on June 8, 2020
partner

Changing Hearts and Minds Won’t Stop Police Violence

The way Americans have long discussed racism is a huge part of the problem.
by Matt Delmont via Made By History on June 5, 2020

10 Experts on Where the George Floyd Protests Fit Into American History

Many are looking to history for clues about how to understand the evolving moment. Here's what to know.
by Matt Delmont, Kellie Carter Jackson, Olivia B. Waxman, Simon Balto, Duchess Harris, Tyran K. Steward, Greg Carr, Ashley Howard, Jamila Michener, Philip A. Klinkner via TIME on June 4, 2020

Stymieing the People

A Review of "Design for the Crowd: Patriotism and Protest in Union Square."
by Thai Jones via The Metropole on June 3, 2020
Protester on his knees holding a sign faces police.
partner

Los Angeles Showed in 1992 How Not To Respond To Today’s Uprisings

The lessons of the 1992 Los Angeles uprising and its aftermath still resonate.
by V. N. Trinh via Made By History on May 31, 2020

Is Capitalism Racist?

A scholar depicts white supremacy as the economic engine of American history.
by Nicholas Lemann via The New Yorker on May 18, 2020
View More
30 of
426

Filter Results:

Suggested Filters:

Idea

Person

brought to you by
© Bunk History