How Videos of Police Brutality Traumatize African Americans and Undermine the Search for Justice With the ubiquity of smartphones and dash and body cameras, there is ample… Read more “Killing Us Softly”
Category: City Life
Banking Black
Can divesting from America’s big financial institutions help fix racial inequality? (The New Republic)
Can a school save a neighborhood?
Philadelphia’s housing authority bought a high school. It hopes the institution can help reverse the fortunes of one of the city’s poorest areas. (The Hechinger Report)
Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark Says Criminal Justice Is More Than Locking People Up
In a criminal justice system that processes misery day in and day out, there is a question whether the new Bronx district attorney, criticized as a former… Read more “Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark Says Criminal Justice Is More Than Locking People Up”
In Search of “The Lost Arcade”
A new documentary titled “The Lost Arcade” serves as a scorned love letter to the Chinatown Fair and all it once represented. (The New Yorker)
Can Training Programs Help Improve Police-Community Relations?
Advocates have renewed efforts to train residents how to avoid deadly encounters with police – while awaiting reform. (The Atlantic)
Telling Michael Brown’s Story
Lezley McSpadden goes on a tour to discuss her memoir about losing her son, who was shot and killed by police, “to represent,” she says, their side… Read more “Telling Michael Brown’s Story”
Doors often closed to transgender tenants searching for housing
Any protection against discrimination is patchwork at best. (Al Jazeera America)
Neighbors Mourn A Squatter, Known Widely but Not Well
For as long as anyone can remember, Baruba lived on the lot on Park Avenue near 126th Street in Harlem — a makeshift home that included a worn house trailer, an electricity hookup and milk crates. To developers who for years had tried to dislodge him, he was simply known as the Squatter. To others he was the Man With the Dogs. (The New York Times)
Deciding Whether It’s Lights Out
This is the way a neighborhood ends. With a rush of freezing, grimy water, and a slew of decisions about whether it is better to stay and… Read more “Deciding Whether It’s Lights Out”
Kia Gregory 