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To fight racism, prudent leadership is needed – there are success stories

To fight racism, prudent leadership is needed – there are success stories

by Kourosh Ziabari | May 6, 2022 | Politics, Racial Equity & Police Reform

Even without the seemingly endless supply of news reports and academic documentation, the long reach of bigotry and racism in our turbulent times is a given. For many people in our societies, discrimination and prejudice are their lived experience and recurring...
India’s sobering drop in human freedom

India’s sobering drop in human freedom

by Meghdeep Bhattacharyya | Apr 29, 2022 | Policy, Politics, Racial Equity & Police Reform, WPI Activities

India has shown a near-constant decline between 2013 and 2019, in various parameters of personal, civil, and economic freedom measured in the Human Freedom Index, and since 2008 it’s had “the biggest drop.” The Index, co-published by the Cato Institute in the United...
Racial justice: Ruhel finds hope in ashes

Racial justice: Ruhel finds hope in ashes

by Shamsuddin Illius | Apr 19, 2022 | Racial Equity & Police Reform

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...

The Quagmire of Policing in America… And the World

by Nelly Kalu | Apr 15, 2022 | Police & Community Tensions, Policy, Racial Equity & Police Reform

  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...
No-knock warrants: Why advocates are pushing for change?

No-knock warrants: Why advocates are pushing for change?

by Shamsuddin Illius | Apr 14, 2022 | Racial Equity & Police Reform

There is no evidence that no-knock warrants protect officers in any situation, and there is significant evidence that no-knock warrants create far more dangerous situations for officers, said the advocates of a community justice project- Knock First Minnesota at the...
Islamophobia: is a global awakening on racism already overdue?

Islamophobia: is a global awakening on racism already overdue?

by Kourosh Ziabari | Apr 6, 2022 | Immigration, Politics, Racial Equity & Police Reform

The murder of George Floyd in May 2020 left an indelible impact on the community of Black Americans, not to mention his family, who will collectively remember the bitter episode with trauma and resentment. But the ensuing Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, and the...

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