“Them versus us” is not the right social attitude toward people serving jail terms, even when the magnitude of their crimes abhors us. This was our...
Racial Equity & Police Reform
All Square – sandwiches and second chances
All Square is a restaurant adorned with purple lights and a dinner style bar. It offers a menu featuring a variety of grilled cheese sandwiches. The...
The murder of George Floyd – how does the local Minnesotan TV channel recall the events?
Four years ago, the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis shocked the whole globe. It led to global protests, outrage, and discussions of racism in...
To fight racism, prudent leadership is needed – there are success stories
Even without the seemingly endless supply of news reports and academic documentation, the long reach of bigotry and racism in our turbulent times is...
India’s sobering drop in human freedom
India has shown a near-constant decline between 2013 and 2019, in various parameters of personal, civil, and economic freedom measured in the Human...
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...