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: āAlbums still matter. Like books and Black lives, albums still matter.ā In just over ten words, …..
2015/02/02 – AĀ defining feature of the Obama eraāor at least one of themāis polarization. Voters, and especially activists, are more uncompromising than theyāve ever been. This isnāt a bad thing. Activist intensityābacked by public interestācan force action and make parties …..
A victim with a history of shooting at cops. A prosecutor accused of being compromised. An officer who mayāve known his target. Thereās a new police slaying case. Itās not at all simple. 2015/1/22-At first glance, it appeared to be …..
2015/01/16 –Ā 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 howĀ SelmaĀ was overlooked. A few hours after the nominations forĀ the 87thĀ Academy AwardsĀ were announced, I took …..