Grand Jury decides not to indict policeman for killing unarmed black man. This happened in the USA not once, but twice in less than two weeks. Here’s probably the most pointed commentary on the matter.

From Weekly Filet #186, in December 2014.

The American Justice System Is Not Broken

The Concourse

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In the 2010s, White America Was Finally Shown Itself

New York Magazine

America dropped 26,171 bombs in 2016. What a bloody end to Obama’s reign

The Guardian

When This Death Row Inmate Decided He Wanted to Die, It Created A Firestorm No One Was Prepared For

Mother Jones

Goodbye, Pepe

The Baffler

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