BY A. RAHMAN FORD The Ferguson episode has been instructive in many ways. On the one hand, the protest and catharsis are inspirational and invigorating. On the other hand, there is also that residue of concern that it will become troublingly illustrative of a much larger malady plaguing post-Civil [...]

BY TERRI E. GIVENS The murder of Michael Brown has raised a variety of issues around policing, including excessive force, but perhaps more importantly, institutional racism. The initial reaction by police, to paint the victim as a “thug” or somehow violent has been a consistent theme in the [...]

Watch this space for reactions to Ferguson from scholars of race, ethnicity, and politics         Photo Credit: McGill Vigil for Ferguson (Montreal, 2014) by Gerry [...]