#  Commentary & Current Events  

 



**The Warren Center has added its name to the following statements:** - Value of History: History Relevance: <https://www.historyrelevance.com/endorsers>
- **About racist police violence: Harvard research centers:** **<https://fxb.harvard.edu/2020/05/29/carrcenterfxbcenterstatement/>**
- **About racist police violence:** **American Historical Association:** <https://www.historians.org/news-and-advocacy/aha-issues-statement-on-the-history-of-racist-violence-in-the-united-states-(june-2020)>
 
 **Felber, Garrett:** The Struggle to Abolish the Police Is Not New; [http://bostonreview.net/race/garrett-felber-struggle-abolish-police-not-new](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__bostonreview.net_race_garrett-2Dfelber-2Dstruggle-2Dabolish-2Dpolice-2Dnot-2Dnew&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=ui0H7_tVbGSWirtzEJ4rvZChJ8nWvxL6FKCLtyKxmrI&m=UqP0416fEvaejRJ4FJGpTPiTX_xVknkv0wl1v2rTyXY&s=Az2jeqdDqohxKOratjbTSk9S5OKlrkr6eVfd-raEGvY&e=)  
 **Felber, Garrett:** Police Reform Hasn’t Stopped the Killings Before in Los Angeles. It Won’t Now Either; [https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php/cw/los-angeles/20063-police-reform-hasn-t-stopped-the-killings-before-in-los-angeles-it-won-t-now-either](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.citywatchla.com_index.php_cw_los-2Dangeles_20063-2Dpolice-2Dreform-2Dhasn-2Dt-2Dstopped-2Dthe-2Dkillings-2Dbefore-2Din-2Dlos-2Dangeles-2Dit-2Dwon-2Dt-2Dnow-2Deither&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=ui0H7_tVbGSWirtzEJ4rvZChJ8nWvxL6FKCLtyKxmrI&m=UqP0416fEvaejRJ4FJGpTPiTX_xVknkv0wl1v2rTyXY&s=T8xmeEOnAMTSTThhipl6CKPnHgrDghro7wbWgQ2CYGE&e=)  
 **Losier, Toussaint:** The Movement Against “Modern Day Slavery”; [https://www.jacobinmag.com/2018/09/prison-strike-slavery-labor-jls-abolition](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.jacobinmag.com_2018_09_prison-2Dstrike-2Dslavery-2Dlabor-2Djls-2Dabolition&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=ui0H7_tVbGSWirtzEJ4rvZChJ8nWvxL6FKCLtyKxmrI&m=UqP0416fEvaejRJ4FJGpTPiTX_xVknkv0wl1v2rTyXY&s=9DvXRhpzilwFMI22_eYX1nW9knVPxDQAQs5JyLRJ_Zk&e=) **(note: not a super relevant piece concerning current moment but offers power insights to the development of incarceration)**  
  **Murch, Donna:** Begging’ to be heard: Young protesters implore police to acknowledge them and their cause;  [https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/were-begging-for-us-to-be-heard-young-protesters-implore-police-to-acknowledge-them-and-their-cause/2020/06/04/19557452-a507-11ea-b473-04905b1af82b\_story.html](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.washingtonpost.com_local_were-2Dbegging-2Dfor-2Dus-2Dto-2Dbe-2Dheard-2Dyoung-2Dprotesters-2Dimplore-2Dpolice-2Dto-2Dacknowledge-2Dthem-2Dand-2Dtheir-2Dcause_2020_06_04_19557452-2Da507-2D11ea-2Db473-2D04905b1af82b-5Fstory.html&d=DwMF-g&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=ui0H7_tVbGSWirtzEJ4rvZChJ8nWvxL6FKCLtyKxmrI&m=LTK7uRQGn7kqMkv94U2XugAkwqOZRL9a8-hbkeMaEFk&s=TTD5li_ngo2jpM5HFTsGx-TvXqqcf2u3zSNb3GLWCXM&e=)  
  **Reverby, Susan:** Prisons and public health: Gov. Cuomo must let out thousands or many will die;  [https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-prisons-and-public-health-20200327-fvrf4uxrr5bsze5xbjegfbhdmi-story.html](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.nydailynews.com_opinion_ny-2Doped-2Dprisons-2Dand-2Dpublic-2Dhealth-2D20200327-2Dfvrf4uxrr5bsze5xbjegfbhdmi-2Dstory.html&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=ui0H7_tVbGSWirtzEJ4rvZChJ8nWvxL6FKCLtyKxmrI&m=UqP0416fEvaejRJ4FJGpTPiTX_xVknkv0wl1v2rTyXY&s=SVGcTp7mRsanhp9gtb4sZsY762s4YWplNa_64U_dvoE&e=) **(note: this piece is more related to the pandemic and covid than the uprisings but it provides another layer to demonstrate the widespread impact of failed policies in re: to the carceral state and policing)**  
 **Schrader, Stuart:** Police Departments Are Parasites on the Public Purse; [https://jacobinmag.com/2020/06/police-spending-austerity-defund-pandemic](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__jacobinmag.com_2020_06_police-2Dspending-2Dausterity-2Ddefund-2Dpandemic&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=ui0H7_tVbGSWirtzEJ4rvZChJ8nWvxL6FKCLtyKxmrI&m=UqP0416fEvaejRJ4FJGpTPiTX_xVknkv0wl1v2rTyXY&s=DNJ6KBMZasGpkk5lS8g6ima-rf2bNk4oKiYXdxOUCoU&e=)  
 **Schrader, Stuart:** How Empire is an Accomplice to the Murder of George Floyd, with Stuart Schrader; [https://www.albawaba.com/news/how-empire-accomplice-murder-george-floyd-stuart-schrader-1365281](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.albawaba.com_news_how-2Dempire-2Daccomplice-2Dmurder-2Dgeorge-2Dfloyd-2Dstuart-2Dschrader-2D1365281&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=ui0H7_tVbGSWirtzEJ4rvZChJ8nWvxL6FKCLtyKxmrI&m=UqP0416fEvaejRJ4FJGpTPiTX_xVknkv0wl1v2rTyXY&s=w_7ZKZTxlJ7_5I7lo84I3T3fjbEF39vjPYI5BCCnkHY&e=)  
  **Thompson, Heather Ann &amp; Matthews, Dylan:** How today’s protests compare to 1968, explained by a historian;  [https://www.vox.com/identities/2020/6/2/21277253/george-floyd-protest-1960s-civil-rights](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.vox.com_identities_2020_6_2_21277253_george-2Dfloyd-2Dprotest-2D1960s-2Dcivil-2Drights&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=ui0H7_tVbGSWirtzEJ4rvZChJ8nWvxL6FKCLtyKxmrI&m=UqP0416fEvaejRJ4FJGpTPiTX_xVknkv0wl1v2rTyXY&s=4gsMnmq6OUwgtMXFc8MkMVWgTEjtvkHFmA9qdMC6Q4w&e=) **(note: great piece of public-facing scholarship)**