George Floyd

Abstract Pain: George Floyd and the Viral Spectacle of Black Death

an illustration of three people holding phones with blank, black screens
by Dede Akolo
June 17, 2020 at 11:51am
Black people’s deaths at the hands of police officers are, like everything now, mediated through the internet, with the negotiation of life and death spread through videos that go viral. 
protestors, some walking and some on bikes, march with signs through the street to protest the murder of George Floyd

What Just Happened?: The Murder of George Floyd

by Bitch HQ
June 1, 2020 at 4:27pm
Now is the time to rise up, and people across the United States are meeting that demand. Read more »
a Black woman walks past a boarded up store while wearing a mask in Los Angeles, California

Looting Is the American Way

by Reina Sultan
June 1, 2020 at 4:03pm
Any actual violence in the form of fighting agents of the state is justifiable and should be considered self-defense.  Read more »