Todd Brewster

Todd Brewster is a veteran journalist who worked for Time and ABC News and was Senior Lecturer in Journalism at Mount Holyoke College. In addition to his work with Marc Lamont Hill, he is author of the forthcoming American Childhood: A Photographic History (Scribner, 2023).

HOW CAMERAS LIE

Bodycams Can Help Abusive Police Spread ‘Copaganda’

Reformers advocated for cameras on police officers, but the assault on Tyre Nichols shows we still need other witnesses to hold violent officers accountable.

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A UBIQUITOUS WITNESS

A Cellphone Was the Only Hero at George Floyd's Murder

Because cellphones are ubiquitous, it is very, very hard for anyone to get away with something and not assume that someone, somewhere is watching.

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Don’t Know Much

Mike Huckabee Needs a History Lesson

Defending Kim Davis’s right to deny marriage licenses to same-sex couples, Huckabee compared her actions—erroneously—to Abraham Lincoln’s.

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