In January 2018, I spoke with the Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Peter Nicks about The Force, his feature documentary about Oakland’s deeply troubled police department and its history of violence. This is a new interview with Pete, discussing those issues in the post-George Floyd world.
- October 16, 2017A conversation about white supremacy, the criminal justice system and the transformation that's needed.
- August 29, 2017Here's how the police can take your assets even if you haven't been convicted of a crime.
- July 20, 2016"Protestors as well as policemen, black and white, gay and straight, Republicans and Democrats, rich and poor: Any human being denied full value, respect and protection must be named and conscientiously reclaimed as an essential part of the family of humankind."
- July 8, 2016Why do seemingly routine encounters with police too often escalate and lead to death?
- March 28, 2008Former Sen. Fred Harris discusses the controversial report on the causes of the 1967 race riots — and the state of race in 2008.