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Displaying all articles tagged:
The System
the system
Mar. 9, 2023
How Atlanta’s ‘Cop City’ Trumped Justice
Three years after the George Floyd protests, environmental activists are being charged as terrorists.
By
Zak Cheney-Rice
the system
Feb. 27, 2023
Why Young Thug?
How prosecutors made one of the hottest rap stars the face of urban crime.
By
Zak Cheney-Rice
the system
Feb. 1, 2023
The Government’s Telling Response to Tyre Nichols’s Death
The reforms being considered would probably not have prevented his killing. But officials have gotten better at preempting outrage.
By
Zak Cheney-Rice
the system
Jan. 28, 2023
Tyre Nichols and the End of Police Reform
His death is evidence that cosmetic change can’t excise the rot of American law enforcement.
By
Zak Cheney-Rice
the system
Jan. 25, 2023
The Uprising That Ran Out
The death of Keenan Anderson marks the end of an era.
By
Zak Cheney-Rice
the system
Jan. 10, 2023
A Cosmologist’s Case for Staying Put on Earth
The many heterodoxies of Chanda Prescod-Weinstein.
By
Zak Cheney-Rice
the system
Jan. 6, 2023
The Very Revealing 15 Minutes of Byron Donalds
In a Republican soap opera, there’s always room for a Black conservative.
By
Zak Cheney-Rice
the system
Jan. 2, 2023
When Supply, Not Demand, Is the Problem
The economy is changing. Liberalism must change with it.
By
Eric Levitz
the system
Dec. 16, 2022
Brittney Griner’s Hollow Homecoming
It’s a relief she’s back. Now free the others.
By
Zak Cheney-Rice
the system
Dec. 5, 2022
Herschel Walker Is the Last Republican Standing
His runoff campaign goes all in on Trumpism.
By
Zak Cheney-Rice
the system
Nov. 18, 2022
Speaker of the Establishment
Hakeem Jeffries is poised to become House Democrats’ next leader, but that’s not necessarily a sign of progress.
By
Zak Cheney-Rice
the system
Nov. 7, 2022
The Rebirth of Kanye West
Meet the new face of Black conservatism.
By
Zak Cheney-Rice
the system
Oct. 26, 2022
The Future of Black Politics Is at Stake in Georgia
The legacy of the civil-rights movement may hinge on Raphael Warnock’s reelection campaign.
By
Zak Cheney-Rice
the system
Oct. 24, 2022
Return of the Hostage Takers
Joe Biden’s last chance to stop the GOP’s economic sabotage.
By
Eric Levitz
the system
July 17, 2022
How Democrats Bolstered the Post-
Roe
Enforcement Regime
When funding the police backfires.
By
Zak Cheney-Rice
the system
May 17, 2022
America’s Impenetrable Fog of Innocence
Why it’s so hard for so many to see the causes of the Buffalo mass shooting clearly.
By
Zak Cheney-Rice
the system
Apr. 28, 2022
Protests Are Wrong Until They’re Right
Animal-rights activists have been ridiculed for interrupting the NBA playoffs. They’re in good company.
By
Zak Cheney-Rice
the system
Apr. 26, 2022
Why Is the Firing Squad Making a Comeback?
South Carolina’s push to bring back an archaic execution method says a lot about the state of capital punishment today.
By
Zak Cheney-Rice
the system
Mar. 12, 2022
Can Republicans Commit Voter Fraud?
The revealing case of Mark Meadows.
By
Zak Cheney-Rice
the system
July 30, 2021
Why Joe Biden’s Racial Justice Agenda Is Stalled
He faces resistance from moderate Democrats. But he’s also tied his own hands.
By
Zak Cheney-Rice
reckoning with a reckoning
May 24, 2021
A Year After George Floyd’s Death, Police Are Still Winning
America is struggling to reform and reimagine the agencies that have been licensed to kill us.
By
Zak Cheney-Rice
the system
Jan. 4, 2021
The Never-ending Coup Against Black America
Historically, “recovery” tends to look a lot like betrayal.
By
Zak Cheney-Rice
the system
Oct. 27, 2020
Two Visions of the Suburbs Are on the Ballot. Both Are Myths.
To understand them as imagined by Donald Trump and Joe Biden, you first have to understand that they are actually talking about segregation.
By
Zak Cheney-Rice
the system
Sept. 27, 2020
The Law Is Not Made for Breonna Taylor
And its capacity to deliver justice is functionally null.
By
Zak Cheney-Rice