Why is Black Lives Matter praising a terrorist?
Assata Shakur, from most-wanted list to left-wing icon
George floyd
Thursday
Wednesday
Trump’s African American ‘silent minority’ could swing the election
Trump’s vocal support for safety and security is resonating in the black community
What we need is social media distancing
Social media brings out the worst in us because the algorithm rewards us for being tribal, divisive and emotional
Tuesday
Just-one-knee syndrome
They took a knee, as it were, when what they should have done was throw themselves to the ground
Sunday
Is this the end of history?
George Floyd was a pretext, not a cause. The cause was destruction of our civilization
Saturday
Forget White Fragility: here are 10 books America should be reading about race
There are more nuanced visions of race in the US
Wednesday
After BHAZ
‘We’re not tearing up our communities, we’re coming to the root of the problem, which is the government’
The rule of law is collapsing
The Rayshard Brooks case is tragic but, legally, straightforward
Monday
Teddy Roosevelt saw this mob coming
Who is immune from retrospective condemnation?
The new inequality
We’re experiencing an unhealthy overcorrection in racial politics
Friday
Don’t defund the police: reform them
We must be firm in our commitment to effect change, but do so without demonizing law enforcement
Tuesday
Defend the police
Who will support cops, when even the Trump administration blames them?
Wednesday
Madness in Minneapolis
The City Council are defunding the police, to replace them with…who knows?
EXCLUSIVE: Dan Bongino’s prepared testimony on police brutality
‘We can, and should, commit to police accountability without shredding the thin wall between civilization and chaos’
The Camden solution
Can right and left meet on police reform?
Tuesday
Abolish the police. Then what?
Quite what happens after the police are abolished is less clear
Imagine no police force
The complete removal of a police force is exactly the kind of thing John Lennon (who was tragically shot dead in 1980) would have been behind
Sunday
Would Joe Biden defund the police?
It is worth giving abolitionists a hearing. It is also worth asking them questions, getting them to be specific and detailed about their stated goals
Wednesday
Bill de Blasio unites cops and protesters — in disgust
Andrew Cuomo deserves a share of the blame too
The protests have not ended COVID-19
Public health officials fear a spike in cases after large gatherings in cities