Police Brutality
Tuning In
Testifying Against Police Brutality on Zoom
“Today, we are going to remind the New York City Police Department that they work for us,” Councilman Donovan Richards said, as citizens showed their scars and told stories of being beaten by the police at peaceful protests.
The Bench
Who Is the Floyd Family’s Lawyer?
Benjamin Crump, known as “the black Gloria Allred,” represents families whose loved ones are killed by cops.
Cover Story
Kadir Nelson’s “Say Their Names”
A closeup examination of the artist’s latest cover, in which the murder of George Floyd embodies the history of violence inflicted upon black people in America.
Comment
An American Spring of Reckoning
In death, George Floyd’s name has become a metaphor for the stacked inequities of the society that produced them.
Cultural Comment
“I Take Responsibility” and the Limits of Celebrity Activism
In the face of widespread social crisis, celebrity responses have ranged from milquetoast to head-scratching.
Video Dept.
Eric Garner’s Family Is Still Grieving
Jason Fulford, whose cousin Eric Garner was killed by police in 2014, has a message of solidarity for the family of George Floyd.
Cultural Comment
The Bicycle as a Vehicle of Protest
Bicycles are powerful things—inexpensive, versatile tools that can be used by dissenters to sneak up and speed off, to organize and mobilize and elude.
News Desk
The Secret Project That Led to Black Lives Matter Murals Coast to Coast
How a team of eight artists and a band of ad-hoc volunteers joined to create a mural that has since landed on front pages across the world and been photographed from space.
Dispatch
The Viewing of George Floyd, in Houston
Visitors arrived at the Fountain of Praise Church on Monday to see a man many of us had never known.
Annals of a Warming Planet
Making a Planet Worth Saving
The events of the past few weeks make one wonder: If we’re just going to use solar power instead of coal to run the same sad mess of unfair and ugly oppression, is it really worth it?
Daily Comment
In Washington, D.C., a Weekend of Growing and Evolving Protests
“The ideal situation would be that people can’t really go back to the way things were before,” one protester said.
The Political Scene Podcast
A Former D.O.J. Official on How to Fix Policing
Ron Davis was a cop for nearly thirty years before working at the Department of Justice. He knows how hard it is to reform an institution with a history of racial repression.
Double Take
Sunday Reading: Racial Injustice and the Police
From The New Yorker’s archive: pieces that examine racism and police misconduct from both contemporary and historical perspectives.
Photo Booth
Scenes from the George Floyd Memorial in Brooklyn
The photographer Mark Clennon has attended many protests and Black Lives Matter marches in New York in recent years. This time, it feels different.
Cultural Comment
Crying, Laughing, Crying at the George Floyd Protests in Minneapolis
The tears feel like fire on my face.
The New Yorker Documentary
“Quiet No More” Shows How Grief Can Become Activism
A new documentary follows the Reverend Sharon Risher, who lost three relatives in the shooting at Emanuel A.M.E. Church, in Charleston, as she mourns, seeks justice, and begins working for gun safety.
Our Local Correspondents
Protesting Past Curfew in New York City
In neighborhoods across Brooklyn and Manhattan, thousands of demonstrators stayed outside for as long as they could.
Daily Comment
In a Tumultuous Moment, Barack Obama Chooses Reflection
In remarks on George Floyd’s death, the former President seemed certain, to his bones, that the current situation was not a complete disaster—or at least not an irredeemable one.
Annals of a Warming Planet
Racism, Police Violence, and the Climate Are Not Separate Issues
People of color tend to be disproportionately exposed to the effects of global warming: working jobs that keep them outdoors, or on the move, on an increasingly hot planet, and living in densely populated and polluted areas.