Seyward Darby

“Samaria Rice is the mother of Tamir, not a ‘mother of the movement.’”

“Is this a book that will give readers a new perspective on the violence of policing—or is this just the story of how cops, and by extension her readers, can make peace with it?

“Just ask a Dallas woman who spent a year in jail without talking to a lawyer.”

“One man’s quest to find his son lays bare the reality of Palestinian life under Israeli rule.”

“For decades, Bob Ross has been a soothing presence in a world gone mad. But the real story behind the painter’s life, and especially his afterlife, reveals just as much madness.”

“A former NFL player killed seven people, including himself, in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Now this football-obsessed town is grappling with the game’s dark side.”

“For Jews to tell Palestinians that peace requires them to forget the Nakba is grotesque. In our bones, Jews know that when you tell a people to forget its past you are not proposing peace. You are proposing extinction.”

“A police shooting in a hospital forces one family to rethink American justice.”

“The odds of being attacked by a shark are less than one in 11 million, which makes it nearly impossible to find people to turn to when you become that one. Enter a support group of survivors called the Bite Club—the most exclusive club nobody wants to join.”