The community organizer Opal Tometi discusses what it would mean to defund police departments, how the coronavirus pandemic has shaped the American response to the protests, and what’s next for the social-justice movement.| The New Yorker
As the G.O.P. seeks to deny Americans knowledge of their own history, Nikole Hannah-Jones is denied tenure.| The New Yorker
Although many Americans see the former police officer’s conviction as just closure, many in Minneapolis view it as the beginning of a larger battle.| The New Yorker
After years of impunity, the police in Vallejo, California, took over the city’s politics and threatened its people.| The New Yorker
The policy has made diversity possible. Now, after decades of debate, the Supreme Court is poised to decide its fate.| The New Yorker
The discipline emerged from Black struggle. Now the College Board wants it to be taught with barely any mention of Black Lives Matter.| The New Yorker