Chicago police have told their version of how 17-year-old black teen Laquan McDonald died. The autopsy tells a different story. 2014/2/11-An autopsy tells a story. The genre is mystery: a narrative set in motion by a corpse. The pathologist-narrator investigates …..
2014/2/11-Near the end of the 2015 Grammy Awards, which aired on Sunday, musical icon Prince presented the Grammy for Best Album, with this preamble: “Albums still matter. Like books and Black lives, albums still matter.” In just over ten words, …..
2015/02/02 – A defining feature of the Obama era—or at least one of them—is polarization. Voters, and especially activists, are more uncompromising than they’ve ever been. This isn’t a bad thing. Activist intensity—backed by public interest—can force action and make parties …..
A victim with a history of shooting at cops. A prosecutor accused of being compromised. An officer who may’ve known his target. There’s a new police slaying case. It’s not at all simple. 2015/1/22-At first glance, it appeared to be …..
2015/01/16 – On the day the Oscar nominations were announced, The Daily Beast hung out with Spike Lee at his Brooklyn office to discuss awards politics and how Selma was overlooked. A few hours after the nominations for the 87th Academy Awards were announced, I took …..
