Abbott Elementary (ABC) If you know me, you know Abbott Elementary has my heart. Full stop. The show has swept at the Emmys, the Golden Globes, and the Critics’ Choice Awards, and received a full order of 22 episodes, which is virtually unheard of in the current TV viewing landscape that’s dominated by streaming platforms and limited series. This season...
I first toured my New Orleans house on the day a Minneapolis cop murdered George Floyd. Those two facts are just happenstance. Except this house—in a majority, historically Black neighborhood—became the place where I had the biggest shift in realizing how police work, and, frankly, don’t. I’m someone, a Black woman, who believed in reform back when a cop...
Copaganda is tired and played. Far too often journalists rely on police, sheriffs, prison officials, and prosecutors as credible sources without scrutiny or even a basic fact-check. These uncritical and unprofessional behaviors lead to an overwhelming amount of traditional news that simply spreads biased police propaganda and stirs up unfounded fears, stifling the...