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Three or More Is a Riot: Notes on How We Got Here: 2012-2025
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In this powerful collection, acclaimed journalist and historian Jelani Cobb offers a clear, gripping portrait of one of the most turbulent decades in modern American history. A Pulitzer Prize finalist, staff writer at The New Yorker, and Dean of Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism, Cobb brings a rare blend of reporting, analysis, and historical insight to events that reshaped the nation.
Beginning with the 2014 killing of Trayvon Martin and the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, Cobb traces the cascading social upheavals that followed—protests over policing, fights over gun violence, gender-based movements like #MeToo, and the intense political backlash that fueled the growth of the MAGA era. Through vivid on-the-ground reporting, sharp cultural criticism, and revealing profiles, he makes sense of a chaotic time without losing sight of the human lives at its center.
This updated collection includes new reflections that connect and deepen the original pieces, turning individual dispatches into a cohesive narrative about power, justice, and the forces shaping America’s future.