Let’s Talk about Ferguson, Missouri: Institutional Racism and White Privilege
Michael Brown Source: rollingout.com Recently, I had a discussion board in an online class that asked students to provide an example of a hate crime and then answer several questions. One student...
View Article“I’m scared of the Boogeyman, ahem, I mean, I have to protect myself from any...
Since the events unfolded in Ferguson, MO, I’ve struggled to find the appropriate words to say – the appropriate academic words rather (trust me…I’ve said plenty!). I tend to shy away from speaking out...
View ArticleThinking ‘Bout a Revolution? The Military Is
In April 2014 the U.S. military issued protocols for the control of civil disturbances and crowd control. The protocols for controlling and repressing civil disturbances in the United States included...
View ArticleFlash Bang Policing
Angry and inspired by several cases of senseless violence against youth, I wrote this song as an attempt to critique how we talk about ‘heroes’. As I write this blog post about this song, it is 15...
View ArticlePolice Violence, Racism, and the State: Essays Related to the Ferguson and...
We’d like to give the first and last word to someone whose voice (and ability to talk right down to earth in a language that everybody here can easily understand) should be remembered in times like...
View ArticleBlood on Many Hands
Protests have sprung up around the country, indeed the world,in response to the police killings of Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, John Crawford, Kajieme Powell and many others. As a result,...
View ArticleBaltimore Beyond the Riot
The following is an expression of thoughts and feelings of hope and possibility from a former resident of the Baltimore area. I’ll leave it to the people in Baltimore to give details about their...
View ArticleWhen History Repeats Itself
“If you know your history, then you will know where we’re coming from, then you wouldn’t have to ask me, who the Hell do I think I am.” – Bob Marley August 11th marks the 50th anniversary of the...
View ArticleUprooting Academic Complicity in State Violence
States are violent. Violence in fact may be the foundation of all state power; at their core they tacitly and explicitly wield violence (both symbolic and real) in order to ensure compliance,...
View Article“Enemy at the Gates”: A War on the Cities
On December 9, 2016, the United States Army War College published a 163 page monograph entitled, “Military Contingencies in Megacities and Sub-Megacities,” written by Dr. Phil Williams and Werner...
View ArticleSanctuary Cities and Sacrifice Zones: Thoughts on Water, Politics, and...
On Tuesday, February 22, 2017 U.S. government officials threatened hundreds of water protectors with criminal charges, should they continue their long-standing peaceful work protecting the Missouri...
View ArticleConnecting the Dots of State Theft, Police Militarization, & The War on Drugs...
In Baltimore, two former police detectives are on trial for their participation in stealing drugs and guns from drug dealers and selling them for cash along with a slew of other charges. These officers...
View ArticleBlack Panther: Detournement of the Culture Industry
Source: Black Panther Marvel/Walt Disney Pictures The recent release of Marvel’s Black Panther has become the second-largest debut for a Marvel film, bringing in well over $200 million and breaking...
View ArticleExamining Barriers to Justice with The Politics Guys
Mike Baranowski from the podcast The Politics Guys talks to Danielle McDonald, a criminal justice professor at Northern Kentucky University about her book Race, Gender, Class, and Criminal Justice:...
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