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U.S. police forces are not efficient enough; changes are needed
“I’m always afraid,” said Manuel Hernandez, a few hours after the shooting at the Brooklyn subway station. “If you ask anyone in New York – we’re always afraid.” Originally from Guatemala, Hernandez has lived and worked as a driver in New York for 24 years. Hernandez...
Racial justice: Ruhel finds hope in ashes
My first thought when I arrived in Minnesota in March to join the World Press Institute fellowship was to meet Bangladeshi-American Ruhel Islam. I read in the U.S. media that his restaurant was completely burned down during the riots in Minnesota in May 2020 following...
Journalism unattached
Not the ratings, not the ads, not the sponsors, not the website metrics, not the social media engagement. None of the content of that long list matters when it comes to journalism, according to the number of professionals we talked to in the past week as part of the...
The Quagmire of Policing in America… And the World
image: Collin Lloyd/Unsplash On April 4, a white police officer fatally shoots a Black man after a struggle that ensued during a traffic stop in Michigan. Ten days later, the police department released videos of the incident for the sake of transparency. These...