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As protests following the killing of George Floyd continue, Jelani Cobb speaks with two leading figures on policing. Masha Gessen looks at Trump’s autocratic response to the protests. (article)
As protests following the killing of George Floyd continue, Jelani Cobb speaks with two leading figures on policing. Masha Gessen looks at Trump’s autocratic response to the protests. (episode)
Ron Davis was a cop for nearly thirty years before working at the Department of Justice. He knows how hard it is to reform an institution with a history of racial repression.
A Minneapolis activist group says that the police department, whose history is rooted in racial repression, cannot simply be reformed; it has to be defunded.
Donald Trump’s response to protests against police violence shows a troubling resemblance to how despotic strongmen have responded to challenges.
The film critic Richard Brody talks with Decker, one of his favorite directors of this era, about her unique approach to filmmaking and her Shirley Jackson bio-pic.