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July 04, 2020 The Guardian

Juneteenth—Not the Fourth of July—Was the Real Independence Day

Areas of Study: Constitutional Law
Topics: Kimberle W. Crenshaw; Centers and Programs; Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies; Racial Justice

Featured Faculty: Kimberle W. Crenshaw Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law

July 04, 2020 The San Diego Union-Tribune

Say Her Name: Activists Urge Public Not to Overlook Black Women Killed by Police

Areas of Study: Criminal Justice; Social Justice and Human Rights
Topics: Centers and Programs; Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies; Racial Justice

July 02, 2020 The Nation

How Did Police Unions Get So Powerful?

Areas of Study: Constitutional Law; Criminal Justice
Topics: Racial Justice; Jeffrey A. Fagan; Faculty Scholarship and Ideas

Featured Faculty: Jeffrey A. Fagan Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law

June 28, 2020 The Mercury News

Blacks Are Only 7% of the Bay Area, but 27% of Those Killed by Police

Areas of Study: Criminal Justice
Topics: Jeffrey A. Fagan; Racial Justice

Featured Faculty: Jeffrey A. Fagan Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law

June 26, 2020 Gothamist

Mayor De Blasio’s Police Strategy Has Always Been Racist

Areas of Study: Constitutional Law; Criminal Justice
Topics: Racial Justice; Bernard E. Harcourt

Featured Faculty: Bernard E. Harcourt Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law

June 20, 2020 MSNBC

Black Women Killed by Police Are Seen as ‘Collateral Damage’

Areas of Study: Constitutional Law; Family, Gender, and Sexuality
Topics: Racial Justice; Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies; Centers and Programs; Kimberle W. Crenshaw

Featured Faculty: Kimberle W. Crenshaw Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law

June 18, 2020 Fast Company

The Controversy Over How the Minnesota Freedom Fund Is Spending Its Donations, Explained

Areas of Study: Criminal Justice
Topics: Racial Justice; Kellen R. Funk

Featured Faculty: Kellen R. Funk Michael E. Patterson Professor of Law

June 18, 2020 Vox

The End of Policing Left Me Convinced We Still Need Policing

Areas of Study: Constitutional Law
Topics: Racial Justice; Justin McCrary

Featured Faculty: Justin McCrary Paul J. Evanson Professor of Law

June 17, 2020 BBC News

Police Reform: The Good and the Bad of Trump’s Executive Order

Areas of Study: Constitutional Law
Topics: Kimberle W. Crenshaw; Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies; Racial Justice; Centers and Programs

Featured Faculty: Kimberle W. Crenshaw Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law

June 17, 2020 USA Today

Trump Signs Order Addressing Police Misconduct, but Some Experts Say It’s Not Enough

Areas of Study: Constitutional Law
Topics: Racial Justice; Kendall Thomas; Center for the Study of Law and Culture; Centers and Programs

Featured Faculty: Kendall Thomas Nash Professor of Law