Projects tagged "New York Times"

Hundreds at Sacramento City Hall Protest Police Killing of Stephon Clark
Practitioner:
New York Times
Date:
Mar 27 2018
Hundreds of protesters temporarily took over the main foyer at Sacramento City Hall on Tuesday evening to protest the death of Stephon Clark, who was fatally shot by two Sacramento police officers last week in his grandmother’s backyard while they investigated a vandalism complaint.
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Jay-Z Addresses the War on Drugs with a New York Times Op-Ed
Practitioner:
New York Times, Jay-Z, Molly Crabapple
Date:
Sep 15 2016
In 2016, The New York Times enlisted Jay-Z to voice a video about the War on Drugs. Aside from his recognizable cadence, Jay-Z has his own history with drugs; the now music mogul is open about his past of selling crack while growing up in Brooklyn, New York. The video asks, “Why are white men poised to get rich doing the same thing African-Americans have been going to prison for?”.
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