Rebellion, Confusion and Kente Cloth: The Establishment Can’t Handle Black Lives Matter

Suddenly, workers are publicly criticizing their bosses. Politicians are backpedaling and newspapers face revolts when they are caught spreading propaganda. In Europe and the United States monuments to genocidaires are defaced and pulled down.

Margaret Kimberley
By Margaret Kimberley
Democrats Police Reform Feature

New York City (BAR) — Everything has changed since the world witnessed George Floyd’s murder at the hands of police. Suddenly, workers are publicly criticizing their bosses. Politicians are backpedaling and newspapers face revolts when they are caught spreading propaganda. In Europe and the United States monuments to genocidaires are defaced and

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Why Police Reforms Often Fail: Lessons From Latin America

Understanding the politics of police reform in Latin America may be informative for those who hope for changes in policing in the U.S.

Yanilda González
By Yanilda González
Police who were stained with yellow paint thrown by protesters, form outside the PepsiCo plant on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, July 13, 2017. Security forces clashed Thursday with former PepsiCo employees after resisting eviction from the plant. Workers had occupied the plant after PepsiCo closed the plant last month.(AP/Natacha Pisarenko)

President Donald Trump’s appointment of Attorney General Jeff Sessions has led people to speculate about the fate of recent police reform efforts. Early into his tenure, Sessions said he intended to “pull back on” the Justice Department’s investigations of police department abuses, saying they diminish effectiveness. Americans have mobilized

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The Legacy Of Julian Bond: Civil Rights Leader Dies At 75

Julian Bond, an important leader of the 1960s civil rights movement and former member of the Georgia House of Representatives, died at the age of 75 on Saturday.

Sam P.K. Collins for Think Progress
By Sam P.K. Collins for Think Progress

Civil rights leaders, activists, lawmakers, and students of history are mourning the death of lifelong civil rights leader Julian Bond, who passed away at the age of 75 on Saturday in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida after a brief illness. “With Julian’s passing, the country has lost one of its most passionate and eloquent voices for the cause of

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