Philando Castile
The Unavoidable Sadness of the Race Beat
As a black writer, going on the internet feels like visiting a virtual graveyard.
Watch live: President Obama speaks at memorial service for slain Dallas cops
Obama and former president George W. Bush are scheduled to speak at a memorial service for the five police officers who were killed last week.
I’m a White Cop and I Support Black Lives Matter
At this point, I'm emotionally drained from trying to explain how I can be both pro-law enforcement and pro-Black Lives Matter.
I Am Young and Black and I Don't Want to Die
How can you feel safe when black death is everywhere you look and tools like guns only seem to make you more of a target?
When Cops Can Legally Shoot People
A law professor explains the sometimes tricky rules that govern when a police officer using lethal force is technically justified under the law.
What Dallas Means for Criminal Justice Reform
Police reform is alive and well, activists and experts say, but the assassination of cops doesn't exactly help the cause.
The story behind Stop The Killing, the group that first published video of Alton Sterling’s shooting
Arthur "Silky Slim" Reed used to be a gang leader. Now he works with at-risk youth, intervening in their lives before they can get involved with crime.
Beyoncé Responds to Dallas Shooting, Calls for “Love in the Face of Hate”
“Every human life is valuable. We must be the solution.”
How Philando Castile's killing fit a pattern by Minneapolis police
Minneapolis-St. Paul is almost 70 percent white. In the past four years, people killed by its police officers have been 80 percent of color.
I See My Life in Philando Castile's Death
I don't watch these videos and see abstract events. These are things that could happen to me. I watch them and feel like what's happening onscreen is happening to my body.
The Week America Watched Death on Our Phones
The tragedies in Baton Rouge, Minnesota, and Dallas were made fresh and sharp by how easy it was to watch the horrific footage.
Thug Entrancer Is Donating Proceeds From His Bandcamp Releases to Black Lives Matter
The Denver producer has responded to police shootings across the US this week.