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Inequality in black and white

From The New Yorker, what can one prosecutor do about the mass incarceration of African-Americans? Jeffrey Toobin investigates. For too long, too many judges have been too quiet about an evil of which they are a part: The mass incarceration of people in the United States today. Carimah Townes on how news outlets help convince you that most criminals are black. Looking while black: Stacia L. Brown on when eye contact with police is considered a crime. When police ratchet up the force, riots get worse, not better. The language of the unheard: Jamil Smith on why preventing police killings, not bracing for riots, should be a city’s priority. Eric Geller on how white people and black people see anti-police protests completely differently. “Our demand is simple — stop killing us”: Jay Caspian Kang on how a group of black social-media activists built the nation’s first 21st-century civil rights movement. #blacklivesmatter: Jamilah King on how three friends turned a spontaneous Facebook post into a global phenomenon. “The game done changed”: Dave Zirin on reconsidering The Wire amidst the Baltimore uprising. Inequality in black and white: Kathleen Geier on the rigged economics of race in America, in five studies. Paul Krugman on race, class and neglect: “Every time you’re tempted to say that America is moving forward on race — that prejudice is no longer as important as it used to be — along comes an atrocity to puncture your complacency”. Inequality is a choice: The roots of inequality are complex, but our policy decisions play a significant role.