How Rav got his start on the crime, policing, and identity politics beat ... Why is a Canadian college student writing about race and crime in the US? ... Rav: We need police reform but also more police in black communities ... Will hiring more black police officers make police departments “less racist”? ... Glenn: It’s ridiculous to say that violent crime is driven only by poverty ... Is it possible that racial disparities in crime rates have a genetic basis? ... Are there any effective alternatives to prison? ... Why Asian American women are out-earning white men ... What’s behind the historic rise in homicide rates? ...