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The Paranoid Style of American Policing

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“When I was around 10 years old, my father confronted a young man who was said to be “crazy.” The young man was always too quick to want to fight. A foul in a game of 21 was an insult to his honor. A cross word was cause for a duel, and you never knew what that cross word might be.”

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Star Wars And The Critical Benefit Of Low Expecatations

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The Christmas chocolate display at the Maple Leaf Gardens Loblaws is great. Do any other locations have something similar? Don’t want to go downtown just to get more chocolate.

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Conceptualizing the Black Panther

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Hope and the Historian

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“I’ve told this story before but, in our continued dialogue around “hope,” it seems worth telling again. Five years ago, I watched an interview with Nell Painter. In the video Painter asserted something that deeply disturbed me—white supremacy is likely a permanent feature of America:”

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Now Would Be A Good Time To Discuss The Ferguson Effect

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Conceptualizing The Black Panther

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“Black Panther concept art”

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A Corruption Beyond Chicago’s Top Cop

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