A Chicago Cop Is Going on Trial for the “Execution” of Laquan McDonald. This Could Be Big.
OfficerJason Van Dyke in court in March 2016.Nancy Stone/Pool Chicago Tribune/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Jury selection begins September 5 in the highly anticipated trial of Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke, who stands accused of first-degree murder, among other charges, in the shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald,…
Representation on the Small Screen: What Does It Mean to Feel Seen?
A scene from On My Block.Netflix Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As a young woman of color growing up in Stockton, California, I never really felt seen on TV shows. If I’m honest, I wasn’t looking for representation either: I had grown to accept mainstream media as predominantly white. Friends…
The Filmmaker Behind “Hoop Dreams” Is Back With a Series on Teens, Race, and Privilege
Chanti Relf, a student at Oak Park and River Forest High School”America to Me”/Starz Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In 2015, shortly after a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri, chose not to prosecute the white cop who killed an unarmed black teenager named Michael Brown, a suburban Chicago high school…
GOP Lawmaker Doesn’t Care If President Used the N-Word Before Becoming President
Brian Cahn/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Michael Williams, a Republican state senator from Georgia, went on TV Saturday morning and declared that he would be upset if Donald Trump spewed racial slurs. That may seem simple enough, but apparently, it’s actually quite complicated. Williams, you see, went on to…
“Crazy Rich Asians” Can’t Be Everything—But It’s Still a Win
Members of the Crazy Rich Asians cast at an event in New York.Evan Agostini Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Crazy Rich Asians debuted to crazy high expectations this week. Directed by Jon M. Chu, the film is one of the first major studio-backed productions to feature an Asian-majority cast in…
California Cops Shot and Killed 162 People Last Year. This Bill Could Help Reduce the Bloodshed.
Riot police officers stand guard at street after the World Cup match between Mexico and Brazil in Huntington Park, California, on Monday, July 2, 2018. Ringo Chiu/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A California bill that would radically change the standard for the use of deadly force by police officers…