Ferguson

Ferguson: Five Years Later (A Takeaway Special Podcast)
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Arts, Culture & Media
Five Things You Had to See Online This Week
Inequality in the Trump Era, Scientific Censorship, Singing the Blues in St. Louis
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An arrest after student protests in Missouri
Conflict
At Missouri, ‘right now, we are facing the backlash’
Forward Through Ferguson, New Movie Releases, The Nobel Prize
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A Ferguson Police officer drives past a mural in Ferguson, Missouri, on March 12, 2015.
Justice
‘It’s better to be in the company of seven devils than one policeman’
A protester in Oakland, California, on December 3, 2014, wears a sign during a demonstration against the decision by a New York City grand jury not to indict a police officer in the death of Eric Garner.
Justice
England abolished grand juries decades ago because they didn’t work
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Conflict
At rallies, immigrants show solidarity with the people of Ferguson
A demonstrator sits in front of a street fire during a demonstration following the grand jury decision in the Ferguson, Missouri shooting of Michael Brown, in Oakland, California on November 25, 2014.
Justice
Just like in Ferguson, police shootings in South Africa prove nothing is ‘post-racial’ just yet
A protester shouts with both his hands in the air while marching through a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, on November 23, 2014.
Conflict
Black communities in England know what Ferguson is going through
A man walks past a burning building during rioting after a grand jury returned no indictment in the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.
Conflict
A Middle East correspondent sees familiar clashes unfold in Ferguson
A mural showing Gil Scott-Heron and his trademark phrase, "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised," is the backdrop for protesters marching through the streets of New York in 2012, demanding justice for slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin.
Culture
A song title from the ’70s is still a rallying cry for protesters across the world
A police officer patrols the street as a little girl watches from her doorstep in the Tivoli Gardens neighborhood of Kingston, Jamaica, on May 27, 2010.
Justice
As Ferguson unfolds, a death in Jamaica resurrects the island’s history of police brutality
French youth take part in a protest against the government's handling of recent urban unrest in France, at Place Saint Michel in Paris, November 16, 2005.
Justice
In France, Ferguson protests stir memories of suburban riots
Highway Patrol Captain Ron Johnson talks to people during a peaceful demonstration, as communities react to the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, on August 14, 2014. Tensions in Ferguson eased after the Highway Patrol relieved St. Louis Cou
Justice
Here’s how police can get protests right instead
A girl from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing the violence in the Iraqi town of Sinjar, rests at the Iraqi-Syrian border crossing in Fishkhabour, Dohuk province August 13, 2014.
Global Scan
The US says the crisis for Yazidis in Iraq is over — but the UN disagrees
A police officer holds his riot gun while demonstrators protest the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, on August 13, 2014.
Justice
‘Municipal shock and awe’ comes to the streets of Ferguson
Riot police stand guard as demonstrators protest the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri August 13, 2014.
Conflict
Why are police using military gear in Ferguson and how did they get it?