Michael Brown

Jan 13, 2025 | dissentmagazine.org | Ned Resnikoff |Brian Callaci |Sandeep Vaheesan |Michael Brown

Supply and the Housing Crisis: A Debate How do we achieve housing for all? , and ▪ Winter 2025 After decades of relative stagnation, American housing policy is now several years into a period of radical change and experimentation. In California, where I am policy director for the state-level organization California YIMBY (Yes in My Backyard), city planners will often gripe (with, I have to admit, some justification) that state housing law is changing too quickly for them to keep up.

Aug 13, 2024 | blackagendareport.com | Roberto Sirvent |Margaret Kimberley |Michael Brown

The AIPAC-backed challenger to Rep. Cori Bush also said the decision not to release killer cop Darren Wilson’s side of the story was “tragic.”Originally published in The Intercept. Three months after police officer Darren Wilson killed 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014, setting off what became the Black Lives Matter movement, Wesley Bell — the current St. Louis prosecutor running to unseat Rep.

Mar 14, 2024 | inquest.org | Samantha Simon |Michael Brown

In 2018 I began studying police training academies by using the participant observation techniques I practice as a sociologist. Like so many others, I urgently wanted to know why racist police violence persisted, and I knew that to answer this question, I would need to look to the organization itself to find out what ideologies, practices, and processes dictated who was allowed to be a police officer and how they were taught to do their jobs.

Oct 26, 2023 | mississippifreepress.org | Shaunicy Muhammad |Trayvon Martin |Michael Brown |In Atlanta

Police chases in Mississippi’s capital city could soon pose less of a danger, Jackson Police Chief Joseph Wade and Deputy Chief Vincent Grizzell said on Oct. 20 as they unveiled 25 new handheld StarChase GPS-launching devices. “We know that it’s been a huge issue with police chases within the City of Jackson from JPD officers and our neighboring law enforcement officers,” Wade said at the press conference.

Oct 25, 2023 | seattletimes.com | Michael Brown

For many of us, the biggest asset we will ever own is our home. It’s more than just a place to live. Homeownership gives us the keys to unlock ongoing financial security and wealth — whether that’s through building equity for future spending or ensuring we have something to pass on to the next generation.