2015

I have been featured and/or quoted on the following media platforms in 2015. Find 2014 information here.

ARTICLES

Impending Chicago Teachers’ Strike Adds Power to Nationwide Movements Against Inequality and Racism by Sarah Jaffe (Truthout, 12/18/15)

Federal Probe Into Chicago P.D. Could Dismantle Old, Brutal Methods by Adrienne Samuels Gibbs (Ebony Magazine, 12/9/15)

Justice Officials to Investigate Chicago Police Department After Laquan McDonald Case by Monica Davey and Mitch Smith (New York Times, 12/6/15)

Chicago police chief fired after Laquan McDonald shooting revelations by Nicky Woolf (The Guardian, 12/1/15)

“The Feminist Utopia Project”: Figuring Out the Futures We Want to Build by Joe Macaré (Truthout, 11/23/15)

Judge’s decision could lead to release of more police shooting videos by Jonah Newman and Adeshina Emmanuel (The Chicago Reporter, 11/23/15)

Scope of police questioned in U. of C. lectures by Sam Rappaport (Hyde Park Herald, 11/11/15)

Does Community Policing Work?” by Sam Rappaport (Hyde Park Herald, 11/4/15)

Survived and Punished: How Criminalization and Incarceration Punish Abuse Survivors by Victoria Law (Bitch Magazine, 10/23/15)

Quizzing the Democratic presidential candidates by Dawn Turner Trice (Chicago Tribune, 10/13/15)

The Death Penalty is Arbitrary and Racist by Noah Berlatsky (Playboy, 10/12/15)

If city’s top cop were fired, then what? by Dawn Turner Trice (Chicago Tribune, 10/7/15)

We Charge Genocide: The Emergence of a Movement by Asha Rosa, Monica Trinidad and Page May (Truthout, 9/23/15)

As Activists, We Build The World We Wan t— Which Is Still Very Far Off by Victoria Law (Bitch Magazine, 9/18/15)

The art of the black lives matter movement by Antwaun Sargent (Vice Magazine, 9/11/15)

Keep Kids Out of Handcuffs by Jean Trounstine (Truthout, 5/15/15)

The Harlem Riots of 1943 ignited when false rumors spread about a cop fatally shooting a black soldier during a dalliance at hot-sheets motel by David J. Krajicek (Daily News, 5/9/15)

Chicago’s Reparations for Police Torture Victims Offer a Glimpse of the Power of #BlackLivesMatter by Kirsten West Savali (The Root, 5/8/15)

Why Chicago Used the Word ‘Reparations’ by Sandhya Somashekhar (Washington Post, 5/8/15)

Victims of Chicago police savagery hope reparations fund is ‘beacon’ for world by Spencer Ackerman and Zach Stafford (The Guardian, 5/7/15)

Chicago to Pay $5.5 Million in Reparations for Police Torture Victims by Kristen Gwynne (Rolling Stone, 5/6/15)

As Part of a Reparations Deal, Chicago Teens Will Learn About Police Brutality in School by Alison Flowers (Vice, 5/6/15)

Illinois Legislature Poised To Reform School Discipline Policies by Ellyn Fortino (Progress Illinois, 4/27/15)

Chicago Is About to Offer the Nation’s First Reparations Program for Victims of Police Violence by Zach Stafford (The Nation, 4/22/15)

How the Torture Reparations Fit Into Coates’ ‘Case for Reparations’ by Noah Berlatsky (Chicago Magazine, 4/21/15)

Chicago Is Finally Ready to Give Reparations to Police Torture Survivors by Alison Flowers (Vice, 4/17/15)

Reparations in Chicago: The Homestretch by Kelly Hayes (Truthout, 4/16/15)

How Chicago Is Finally Coming To Grips With Its Dark History Of Police Torture by Kira Lerner (ThinkProgress, 4/16/15)

We Do This for Rekia by Kelly Hayes (Truthout, 4/12/15)

As Chicago votes, Mayor Emanuel accused of ‘cowering in silence’ over Homan Square by Zach Stafford (Guardian, 4/7/15)

Beyond Homan Square: US History Is Steeped in Torture by Adam Hudson (Truthout, 3/26/15)

A Huge Step Forward in the Fight for Reparations for CPD Torture Survivors by Kelly Hayes (Transformative Spaces, 3/17/15)

Burge Reparations Ordinance Gets April Hearing by Aaron Cynic (Chicagoist, 3/17/15)

Reimagining Justice: An Interview with Mariame Kaba by Noah Berlatsky (Urban Faith, 3/11/15)

Police Chiefs Are on the Hook for Building Trust. Will They Sign Up? by Christopher Moraff (Next City, 3/5/15)

The Historic Roots of Homan Square, Chicago’s CIA-Style Black Site by Noah Berlatsky (Reason, 2//28/15)

Chicago Organizers Seek Police Torture Reparations by Emily Brosious (Gapers Block, 2/17/15)

For Decades, Chicago Police Used City Jails as Torture Chambers by Terrell Jermaine Starr (Alternet, 2/13/15)

Against Mugshots: Photos of the State’s Latest Catch Don’t Belong in a Free Press by Charles Davis (Truthout, 2/4/15)

University students push for prison divestment by Molly Korab (McGill Daily, 2/2/15)

Marissa Alexander: Free At Last! by Thandisizwe Chimurenga (Ebony, 1/28/15)

Police Body Cams: Solution or Scam? by Osita Nwanevu (In These Times, 1/20/15)

Fundraiser hopes to pay for Marissa Alexander’s ankle monitor by Andrew Pantazi (The Florida Times Union, 1/18/15)

Student Lives Matter by Ronnie Reese (Huffington Post, 1/13/15)

Why Prison Doesn’t Work by James Kilgore (Counterpunch, 1/13/15)

RADIO

2/3/15 — Guest on “The Matthew Filopowicz Show” to speak about Reparations for Burge Police Torture Survivors and also about Marissa Alexander’s release from jail

5/28/15 — Guest on “The Matthew Filopowicz Show” to speak about #ReparationsNOW and Charges against Baltimore cops

6/22/15 — Guest on “Humorless Queers” podcast to speak about the quotidian racism of Dylan Root

8/28/15 — Guest on “The Matthew Filopowicz Show” to speak about #SayHerName and Black August Chicago

12/4/15 — Guest on “The Matthew Filopowicz Show” to speak about the police killing of Laquan McDonald

12/7/15 — Guest on “Radio Dispatch” to talk about the police killing of Laquan McDonald