On Borders and the Matters of Black Life: A Review of “Seven Seconds”
*Editor’s Note: This essay contains spoilers* In the recently released Netflix drama, Seven Seconds, viewers are confronted with a dramatization of
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police brutality
Is Equality Enough?: Black Feminist Views of Justice
*A version of this essay originally appeared on Public Seminar, as part of its Race/isms Book Forum on The Making
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Police Violence and the Debate Over Gun Control
In the aftermath of the Parkland shooting, the National Rifle Association (NRA) entered the news as their successful lobbying of
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The Anti-Black City: A New Book on Black Urban Life in Brazil
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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Erica Garner and the Trauma of Police Violence in Black Communities
As I write this article, I want to be clear about my intended audience. I am writing this piece in remembrance
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