Black Lives Matter protests are quite nonviolent, even if they have no good moral reason to be. That’s in stark contrast to the way in which they are covered, especially by FOX and the rest of t
Social movements come in different varieties. Some are movements that emerge slowly out of years and decades of organizing and remain relatively contained and containable by their leaders. These might
What do you know….when people take to the streets to demand accountability for cops murdering Black people, the cops feel less free to murder at will. The study, posted in February as an online
I was happy to be interviewed for this Marketplace story on the athletes strike last night in protest of police brutality. The quote they used–that NBA billionaire owners could theoretically hav
Companies are rushing to get behind Black Lives Matter. But what does it mean when they promote a culture of racism? That’s especially true of the tech bro companies like Facebook that allow Rep
I was pretty annoyed at how badly many comments misread my post from last week on the relationship between voting and protest. Just because one doesn’t think these protests should be turned towa
There’s a really useful forum at NACLA on considering Black Lives Matter as a movement with hemispheric roots and importance. From the intro: The Black Lives Matter movement is not a U.S. cultur
Interesting essay on the connections between recent Black Lives Matter protests that block freeways and the long-term relationship between transportation networks and race. Transportation, however, ha