Amber Guyger Indicted For Murder In Killing Of Botham Jean
(Kaufman County Sheriff’s Office via AP) DALLAS (AP) — A grand jury on Friday indicted a white former Dallas police officer for murder in the killing of her unarmed black…
FBI Database To Track Deadly Encounters With Police
(St. Anthony Police Department via AP) The federal government is launching a national database that will track when law enforcement officers use deadly force, providing more transparency about police shootings…
Teen Driver Arrested In Crash That Killed Classmate
(Cherokee County Sheriff’s office, AJC) A Georgia high school student is now facing charges in a car crash that killed one of his classmates and injured two others. The Atlanta…
Resources and rape: The DRC’s (toxic) discursive complex
Rethinking how we lay claim to the links between the use of rape and resource extraction in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A patient at the health clinic in…
Shocker! Police Actually Admit To Wrongfully Arresting A Black Man But What Price Will They Pay?
This is rare: A police chief acknowledged a “department failure” when his officers wrongfully arrested a Black man. But will there be consequences? The Ashland Police Department in Oregon released…
‘Their champagne party will end’
In the age of renewed tyranny and illiberalism, diverse political repertoires and modes of struggle from the continent of Africa can offer inspiration for scholars as we engage in our…
Houston Mayor Declares November 27 Simone Biles Day!
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner declared Nov. 27 Simone Biles Day and presented her with a declaration and a key to the city. Biles is the most decorated American gymnast in…
The architects of fantasy
Among the Ga people of Ghana, there's more to a coffin and the rituals of death than meets the western eye. Daniel Anum Jasper paints a lion palanquin at Paa Joe Coffin Works, Accra, Ghana. Image…
Few Lines At Polls As Mississippi Votes In US Senate Runoff
(AP Photo) JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Voting was swift and easy in many precincts Tuesday as Mississippi residents were deciding the last U.S. Senate race of the midterms, choosing between…
Only the soil can free us
Why agricultural change is political change. Take the case of farmers in Burkina Faso. Still from film. Burkinabè Bounty: Agroecology in Burkina Faso is one of two films recently released by Brazilian filmmaker Iara Lara. The film…