Topic: George Floyd

What is qualified immunity — and how does it protect police from accountability for their own wrongdoing?

A white father of three Black sons urges America to let George Floyd’s murder mark the beginning of our next great chapter

On the anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, the deputy director of the City’s Office of Community Empowerment and Opportunity reflects on Black mental health, stress and trauma

Why I couldn't bring myself to watch the trial of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd

Between a devastating report by Controller Rebecca Rhynhart and his administration’s fumbling of the vaccination rollout, it’s no wonder the mayor has floated the idea of cutting bait and running for the Senate

Philly officials who overlooked the smoldering tensions around Aramingo Avenue did that neighborhood—and our city—a grave disservice

Covid-19 and the George Floyd protests have revealed the failures of America both at home and to the rest of the world. The antidote is more openness, not less

How about we keep murderous cops off the force to begin with? WURD’s midday host lays out a plan to do that

Less police funding wouldn’t have spared George Floyd’s life or upended systemic racism. But real reform of police unions might

The MSNBC anchor and Citizen board member on covering the protests, getting shot by a so-called rubber bullet, and whether the First Amendment is in peril