In the past year, police forces in the United States have been heavily scrutinized for their use of deadly force. This is mainly because of major recent incidents, including the shooting of Michael Brown...

Say what you will about the protests in Baltimore over the past few weeks (or, better yet, let Ta-Nehisi Coates say it for you), but one thing is clear: In one key respect, they worked. If the goal of...

Almost 60 years have passed since the murder of Emmett Till, but people still do not tell his story accurately, Till’s cousin Simeon Wright said Sunday in Evanston. Through a retelling of his eyewitness...

A couple of months ago, directly after a grand jury released its decision not to indict New York Police Department officer Daniel Pantaleo for the choking death of Eric Garner, my immediate family members...