Our nationally dismal response to the novel coronavirus pandemic has been the cherry on top of the Trump administration's tenure to date. The administration and certain states in the Union have been testing...
Like the Americans it disenfranchises, voter suppression has taken many diverse forms throughout our history. From horrifying intimidation tactics prior to the 15th Amendment, to more recent “use it...
In terms of health, it is in the favor of the entire University of Minnesota community that as few people as possible be on campus before a vaccine to COVID-19 has granted the state herd immunity. In an...
Police in the U.S. must change from the way they are today, but without hawkish vigilance, we risk leaving the door open to something that can be much worse: large-scale privatized policing.
If any state...
This editorial was written as a follow-up to a previous editorial board piece.
"Reverse racism" is what a white person may use to describe a belief that any social or economic gains by Black people...
No.
Seriously, white people cannot experience racism. Reverse racism doesn’t exist.
Here are books to further educate yourself about racism in America. Taking action to self-educate is long...
On May 27, two days after George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis Police Department officers, University of Minnesota President Joan Gabel announced via email that she had decided to limit the...
Since George Floyd’s death, the city of Minneapolis has seen over a week of constant protesting. In the first several days, nearly 500 people were arrested, mostly for peacefully protesting after the...
On May 25, 46-year-old George Floyd was killed after an encounter with police officers in Minneapolis. Floyd was an African American man who had the Minneapolis Police Department called on him when he...
