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Why Is the Associated Press Trying to Prevent Me From Receiving Up-to-the-Minute Entertainment Coverage? [Updated]
Ashley Feinberg · 08/05/16 03:34PMWhat Are the Boston Transit Police Trying to Hide About Mr. Spaghetti?
Andy Cush · 04/29/16 04:17PMLast we checked in with the MBTA Transit Police Department, they were telling a humble, concerned citizen there had been no shady dealings in the Mr. Spaghetti dog-naming debacle. Now, the department’s response to Gawker’s public-records request directly contradicts the reassurance they’d previously given. What are they trying to hide?
No Justice for Mr. Spaghetti, the Fake Boston Dog Who Won a Real Contest
Andy Cush · 04/13/16 03:36PMWhat More Is There to Say? On Walter Scott and Black Death
Jason Parham · 04/08/15 02:05PMThere is little left to write. But the names are important to remember. Amadou Diallo and Sean Bell and Rekia Boyd and Akai Gurley and Michael Brown and Angelia Mangum and Tamir Rice, 12 and forever imprisoned in the innocence of youth. The afternoon of November 22, 2014 forever on repeat. And now Walter Scott.
Hundreds March at UVA to Protest Brutal Arrest of Martese Johnson
Jason Parham · 03/19/15 10:05AMSisters at the Margin
Karla Rose · 01/24/15 01:00PMGrowing up in a predominantly white, middle-class neighborhood in Seattle I remember my mother warning my older brother not to be caught running after dark, and, if ever stopped by police, to do whatever they asked—no more and no less. Speak as little as possible, she'd say. Every suggestion was a weak attempt to minimize a danger that would exist regardless. My brother would always be a black male.
Ex-Milwaukee Cop Who Shot Unarmed Man 14 Times Will Not Be Charged
Jason Parham · 12/22/14 02:53PMCan You Breathe? Reflections on Non-Indictments, Activism and Black Life
R. L'Heureux Lewis-McCoy · 12/04/14 09:05AMThere isn't enough ink to express our pain. Day after day, month after month, year after year, the pain of being black in America, and across the globe, is apparent. Yesterday I read the headlines and tweets that told me NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo, the cop that killed Eric Garner, would not be indicted. Daniel Pantaleo—say his name until it cannot be forgotten, until he's held responsible. A week and three days before that I heard news out of Ferguson, Missouri that Darren Wilson would not be indicted. That same day, hours before, I watched my beautiful daughter be born into this world. Being black is like that: valley, peak, valley.
Ferguson and the Fight for Recognition
Jason Parham · 11/26/14 03:45PMAt a September townhall meeting in Harlem, Carl Dix, a longtime Uptown fixture and mouthpiece, stood before the microphone in the auditorium of the Schomburg Center and called for mass rebellion. "It's going to take a revolution," he said, "nothing less, to end this and the horrors of the system once and for all."
Winter in Ferguson
Jason Parham · 11/25/14 02:20PMWho Killed Michael Brown?
Jason Parham · 08/13/14 09:31AMYesterday, the Ferguson, Mo. police department announced that it would not release the name of the officer who shot and killed unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown on Saturday. "The value of releasing the name is far outweighed by the risk of harm to the officer and his family," said Thomas Jackson, chief of the Ferguson police department.
Couple Spends Month in Prison for Possession of Homemade Soap
Neetzan Zimmerman · 12/16/13 06:30PMPsychologist Behind 'Affluenza' Defense Regrets Using That Word
Neetzan Zimmerman · 12/13/13 10:01AMThe psychologist who convinced a Texas judge that 16-year-old Ethan Couch was too rich to know right from wrong says he shouldn't have used the word "affluenza," but insists his defense of the teen was otherwise sound.
Teen Jailed for Sarcasm Speaks Out After Anonymous Donor Bails Him Out
Neetzan Zimmerman · 07/12/13 12:56PMSC Man Could Spend Years in Prison for Growing Pot to Help Sick Wife
Neetzan Zimmerman · 06/14/13 09:29AMCop Arrests Rapper for Refusing to Hand Over His AriZona Iced Tea
Neetzan Zimmerman · 05/02/13 11:00AMAlarming footage surfaced this week on YouTube showing rapper Christopher "Xstrav" Beatty being placed under arrest, seemingly for being unwilling to hand his can of AriZona Iced Tea to an undercover cop.