‘I Mostly Feel Like My Voice Matters’: A Portland Journalist on Protests, Police Violence, and Enduring Trauma By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Highlight A reporter covering the protests in Portland reflects on fear and trauma, police violence, and her voice as a journalist.
The Prank that Killed Andrew Finch By Krista Stevens Highlight How a malevolent, remorseless online troll and the shoot-first, ask questions later mode of policing added up to a real-life tragedy in Wichita Kansas.
Silence is a Lonely Country: A Prayer in Twelve Parts By Sadia Hassan Feature A poet reflects on finding her words in the face of injustice.
O, Small-bany! Part 1: Spring By Elisa Albert Feature A bygone spring: notes from an adopted hometown.
How Baltimore Police Abused Their Power By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Baltimore’s Gun Trace Task Force were celebrated for getting firearms off the street, until detectives discovered they were also robbing criminals of guns, drugs and money.
‘They Used Deadly Force to Subdue Her’ By Sari Botton Highlight An excerpt of “Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color,” about the violent ways police have frequently treated black women with mental illness.
In the 1970s, It Was The Police That Made Made Detroit’s Streets Deadly By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight A special police unit terrorized the innocent and murdered the unarmed in the years after Detroit’s race riots.
Nonviolence: The Right Answer to the Wrong Question By Krista Stevens Highlight Rioting broke out on Monday in Baltimore—an angry response to the death of Freddie Gray, a death my native city seems powerless to explain.
