In the past two weeks, everything has changed… and nothing has changed. Two weeks ago tonight, 46-year-old Minneapolis man George Floyd was alive, going through his Sunday night as any one of us do, unaware—as we all are—of what the next day would bring.
June 5, 2020I’m a Navy officer. I’m a nonprofit CEO. I’m a black man in America.
June 4, 2020Protests continued for a tenth day today in the face of ongoing police brutality. That statement is going to anger some readers, but hoo, boy, the images of the police attacking peaceful protesters and journalists are going to be in textbooks in a few years, and our great grandchildren are going to ask how on earth this happened.
May 31, 2020In all this confusion, it feels like the lines are becoming clearer between those determined to reclaim fairness and equality before the law in America, and those determined to destroy civil society altogether.
October 17, 2017Why the families of people killed by police are holding "Take a Knee" actions to highlight their demands for transparency.
October 2, 2017There comes a point where you feel like there's nothing more to say about gun violence that hasn't already been said.
April 7, 2017This week's installment in our series in which we regularly point you to some of the best investigative reporting you might otherwise miss.
