Several years ago I read A Colony in a Nation by Chris Hayes. The book is highly relevant today. If anything, things have gotten worse for African-Americans in the United States. The title comes from American ways of policing that treat African-Americans as a colony within the United States. The privileged among us live in the Nation.

Chris Hayes is a host on MSNBC and has written a great book on policing and democracy. It is worth reading in these troubled times. He is a wonderful writer and the subject is very relevant.

A Colony in a Nation is fascinating book that is both interesting and informative . It is a complicated discussion and cannot be adequately summed up in a blog post or even a very long article.

I highly recommend this book.