From “Black Lives Matter” to “Black Lives Must Matter To Black People First”
Public debate over the last decade has revolved around a phrase powerful enough to move millions of people into the streets. The phrase expressed...
A Police Badge, A Deportation Order, and the Questions No One Is Asking Yet: How Did it Happen?
A week before graduation from the New Orleans Police Department academy, 46-year-old recruit Larry Temah was arrested by federal immigration authorities.Within hours, the story...
The 80/20 Problem: Why Fighting Voter ID Is Political Self-Sabotage
One of the strangest habits in modern American politics is watching parties choose to fight the public on issues where the public already agrees...
We Celebrate Black History Month — But Ignore the Man Who Created It
Carter G. Woodson, the founder of what began as Negro History Week and later became Black History Month, did not intend for it to...
Your High Electric Bill Wasn’t an Accident — It Was Hudson Valley Policy
If you live in the Hudson Valley and your electric bill feels abusive, that is not bad luck, weather, or personal consumption. It is...
