police violence

In her new book, "America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s", historian Elizabeth Hinton reveals a long, hidden history of uprisings against the war on crime. She credits Christian Davenport,...

"In the end, there is no bigger conflict in me than how to interpret my status as an American. I live in a nation that declares itself the greatest to others but takes no responsibility for the centuries of racial turmoil minorities have navigated...

“How will police forces across the country change their standards of applying lethal force?” Ali said. “With Derek Chauvin, those types of tactics and techniques probably need to be completely relooked, if there are police forces that think...

Ford School faculty by courtesy Christian Davenport writes in Business Insider that curbing police violence will require a sentiment more radical than what occurred at the end of the Civil Rights movement in the '60's. At that time, he says, "there...

Domestic Policy Corps, Policy for the People, and the Environmental Policy Association, three Ford School student organizations, have released statements of solidarity with the Black community and the movements for Black lives. We share them,...

Stephanie Sanders, the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer and a lecturer at the Ford School, sent the following letter to the Ford School community last night, Tuesday, June 9. Dear Ford School Community, George Floyd. Ahmaud Arbery....

Alford A. Young, Jr., courtesy faculty at the Ford School and Arthur F. Thurnau professor in the department of sociology and a professor of African and African American studies, reacted to protests in Michigan and across the country against police...