Commentary: Ferguson’s City Manager Resigns, But It Really Makes You Wonder
I strangely find myself hearkening back to one of my favorite adolescent movies, Pump Up the Volume….
Commentary: Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia Panel Good Start, But…
It was interesting, at least to me, that some of the more innocuous comments coming out of…
Sunday Commentary: Lack of Trust Fueled the Crisis at Ferguson
Back in December I wrote that the prevailing belief in the black community, especially for those under…
Justice Department Will Exonerate Wilson, But Hammer Ferguson Police for Biased Policing
Though the report is not yet finalized, the New York Times is saying that the Justice Department…
Our Social Darwinists Then and Now
by Claire Goldstene Over the past few weeks, listening to Congressman Paul Ryan has had me thinking…
Monday Morning Thoughts III: Racial Profiling
(Editor’s note: our readers asked me last week to segment the Monday Morning Thoughts column into separate…
Sunday Commentary: Freedom of Speech, Just Watch What You Say
A few weeks ago I published an open letter from the Sacramento Regional Coalition for Palestinian Rights…
Should Police Officers Have Discretion in the Use of Body Worn Cameras?
By Jay Stanley In our October 2013 policy white paper on police body cameras, we struggled with…
How Do We Move Beyond Our Country’s Persistent Racial Tensions?
By Dan Carson My wife and I recently saw Selma, the Oscar-nominated movie recreating the series of…
Sunday Commentary II: The End of Fair Housing?
This week marked what would have been Martin Luther King’s 85th birthday, had he not been shot…
Mass Incarceration Is One of the Most Pressing Civil Rights Issues Today
The disproportionate incarceration rate of minorities in general, and blacks in particular, is one of the most…
Where You Live Impacts How You’re Policed
by Larry Schwartztol The Supreme Court recently heard a case that will define the future of decades-old…
Imagining a World Without Borders
On MLK Day, I don’t really like to recount the story of Martin Luther King Jr. It’s…
MLK Day: Mass Incarceration and How White Liberals Helped Create It
Much attention, and rightly so, has been given to Michelle Alexander’s thesis of the New Jim Crow….
Grand Jury Secrecy Comes At a Cost
By Tom Isler Two new lawsuits are challenging the continued secrecy of the grand jury investigations related…
Ferguson Comes to Yolo County
By Cruz Reynoso As we saw in Ferguson, Mo., and we have seen in Yolo County,…
My View: New York Deals With Their Public Safety Slowdown Quickly
I’ve been fascinated with the New York Police Department work slowdown in response to the police shootings…
Grand Juror in Ferguson Case Suing to Speak Out
A member of the Ferguson grand jury is suing St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch in an…
Sunday Commentary: Why Government Surveillance is a Threat to All
One of my biggest disappointments with the current administration has been their lack of resolve in curbing…
My View II: Will ‘Broken Windows’ Theory Hold Up?
The New York Times editorial board this week published two biting criticisms of the New York Police…
