Nikhil Singh (NYU): The Whiteness of Police. German Lopez on how police are racist without even knowing it. The bias fighters: Leon Neyfakh on how psychologists are testing ways to reduce unconscious racial prejudice — not just in the police, but in all of us. From The Critique, hands up, don’t shoot: A series on the problem of race and police ethics. Chase Madar on why it’s impossible to indict a cop: It’s not just Ferguson — here’s how the system protects police. Justifying homicide: Jamelle Bouie on why Darren Wilson was never going to be indicted for killing Michael Brown. Nicole Flatow on what has changed about police brutality in America, from Rodney King to Michael Brown. Well, so much for that GOP Libertarian Moment, huh? Expect a lot of conservatives who made meek objections to "militarized police" last summer will now return to their previous tut-tutting over obstreperous people of color. “I am Darren Wilson”: Sarah Kendzior and Umar Lee on St. Louis and the geography of fear. MacArthur Fellow Jennifer L. Eberhardt shines light on racism and criminal justice. David Cole on the color of justice. Robert J. Smith (UNC), Justin D. Levinson (Hawaii), and Zoe Robinson (DePaul): Bias in the Shadows of Criminal Law: The Problem of Implicit White Favoritism. Nicole Flatow on how the chasm between blacks and whites who think the justice system is biased is getting even wider. From St. Louis Magazine, bridging the divide: A candid conversation about race in St. Louis. Chronicle of a Riot Foretold in Ferguson: What transpired in Ferguson Monday night was entirely predictable, widely anticipated, and seemingly inevitable. Max Fisher on how we'd cover Ferguson if it happened in another country. Go to Ferguson right now, President Obama, and give your biggest race speech yet.
