How a Black Community Learned to Fight Back
Steve McQueen’s Mangrove is a timely look at a conflict between blacks decrying harassment and white police officers.
London
Trafalgar Square’s Hideous Sculpture
About the Fourth Plinth program in London’s Trafalgar Square: Beauty will save the world — and ugliness will ruin it.
Wednesday Links
Democrats filibuster on Civil Rights, construction of the Tower Bridge, Elvis Presley's $30,000 jock strap, mailing beluga whales, and more!
London Police Shoot Suspect after ‘Terrorism-Related’ Knife Attack
London’s Metropolitan police said they believed the attack to be “Islamist-related.”
University of London Student Club Asks Comedians to Sign ‘Safe Space’ Contracts
Comedy used to be fun precisely because it’s a place where the normal rules of society don’t apply.
In London, Homicides Spike, and Politicians Do a U-Turn on Stop-and-Search
As London’s homicide rate spikes, politicians realize that it is no longer politically opportune to slam stop-and-search.