Gentrification and Policing
Gentrification and the policing of minority communities are two sides of the same coin.
Race in Boston
Responding to and building off the work of the Boston Globe’s Spotlight team.
Spotlight Boston
A first response to the Boston Globe’s series on what it means to be black in Beantown.
Walking While Black
If structural issues cause certain populations to break the law more often, it’s the law – and not the community – that needs fixing.
John Kelly, Buchanan v. Warley, and the Birth of a Lie
A hundred years after the Supreme Court decision in Buchanan v. Warley, John Kelly says we should have let human beings own one another just a little longer.
Failure to Serve: ADA Accessibility in NYC
The MTA and city agencies have made New York much more inhospitable to residents and visitors with disabilities than is necessary.
Bodega: Toward an Ethic of Consumption
The anger with the creators of Bodega redirects us from an important conversation: how do our spending choices impact our communities?