Federal Action On Police Reform Could Have Banned No-Knock Warrants And Saved Amir Locke’s Life

Source: Nathan Howard / Getty Last week, Minneapolis police killed  22-year-old Amir Locke showing it’s not enough to “reign in” no-knock warrants. The practice needs to end. Associate director-counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Jani Nelson said Locke’s killing might have been prevented had Congress […]

Why Black people should care about Ukraine, explained

OPINION: As tension continues to rise between Russia and Ukraine and with 3,000 U.S. troops set to deploy to Eastern Europe, here’s why you should care about what’s happening in the region. Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you’ve been bombarded with news coverage of Russia’s military […]