A Reuters photo of a Black woman surrounded by masked Patriot Front members on the D.C. Metro became the defining image of America’s 250th birthday. In an op-ed, Joseph Williams traces the moment back through a century of organized white intimidation.
Joseph Williams
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Obama still lives rent-free in Trump’s head
As Trump defends a thin Iran agreement, Obama opened his presidential center in Chicago surrounded by cultural icons and former presidents. In an op-ed for Word in Black, Joseph Williams argues the contrast says everything about legacy and grievance.
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Trump’s message to abusive cops: ‘We’ve got your back’
Despite federal rollbacks, police accountability isn’t dead. Experts say the real work is happening in local courts and communities—far from Washington.
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10 years after Ferguson, do Black lives still matter?
The Ferguson protests of 2014 sparked a national conversation on systemic racism and police violence, resulting in reforms in the Ferguson police department and the election of the city’s first Black mayor.