Baynard Woods
Washington Post
Baltimore, MD, United States
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Past articles by Baynard:
Why I cross out my name when I write it
I needed a way to reject my family’s role in the history of slavery without denying it. → Read More
Trump’s mob at the Capitol was following an old white supremacist playbook
This is not “un-American” or alien to who we are — it is the fruit of everything we have ignored since Reconstruction was overthrown in South Carolina in 1876. → Read More
Trump has been prosecuting protesters since the day he took office
The J20 cases were an early warning of the tactics the administration is using in Portland, Ore. → Read More
Think federal cops in Portland are scary? Cops use 'jump-out boys' all the time
Plainclothes police ‘jump-out boys’ terrorize American cities. Sometimes they become all-out criminal gangs → Read More
I didn’t have a quarantine plan when I got covid-19. Trust me: You’ll want one.
When you get sick, you need to be able to protect your household — while still getting help. → Read More
MUCH LOVE AND GRIM SOLIDARITY: BAYNARD WOODS TAKES STOCK IN THE LAST DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS COLUMN
Now, more than 70 columns later, either that has changed, or I was wrong-headed from the start. The Trump regime has taken up so much air from every other story that, while it is wildly important and has implications everywhere, I believe that each of these papers is better served following up on the way Trump’s policies affect their local communities. → Read More
TRUMP’S ABSURD THEATER OF CRUELTY
How the regime wants you to be outraged about all the wrong things → Read More
TURTLES ALL THE WAY DOWN AND THE POLITICS OF THE PSYCHEDELIC RENAISSANCE
I took a massive dose of mushrooms at the beginning of the Trump regime. I was trying to prepare myself for the worst, like they do in the studies for cancer patients that have been carried out at Johns Hopkins. → Read More
DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS: 500 DAYS IN HELL
Reminding you of some of the absurdities of our world that you may have mercifully forgotten → Read More
DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS: THE BRADY BUNCH
Prosecutors in the J20 case sanctioned for failing to inform defense about evidence → Read More
THE CASE OF EMILIO GUTIERREZ SOTO POINTS TOWARD A GRIM FUTURE FOR PRESS FREEDOM
Gutierrez knew they were serious. In April 2007, he shared a byline with a reporter named Armando Rodriguez. The story was about a third reporter, Saul Noe Martinez Ortega, who “was found wrapped in a blanket and appeared to have been dead for several days, possibly after his kidnapping that took place last Monday, April 16, in the city of Agua Prieta, Sonora.” → Read More
DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS: ALT-RIGHT SECOND ACTS
America loves to give racists second chances, so don’t count the alt-right out → Read More
‘COPS AND KLAN GO HAND IN HAND’
Chelsea Manning reflects on her attempt to reach out to the alt-lite → Read More
DO #BLACKLIVESMATTER TO THE #RESISTANCE?
While the press drools over Trump gossip, serious battles go unnoticed → Read More
PSEUDONYMOUS SEX AND ANONYMOUS EXPERTS
When he is outside of the courthouse, it is neither illegal nor illegtimate to take his photograph. Kerkhoff complains again that “as the prosecutors and lead detective left the courthouse, their photograph was taken and published in media outlets.” → Read More
DIARRHEA DIARIES AND DEAD PUSHERS
Like “The Wall,” it’s stupid and simple and perfect for Trump, who has been praising Rodrigo Duterte, whose drug war has killed more than 12,000 people, according to Human Rights Watch. And, of course, Trump’s Attorney General Jeff Sessions probably hates weed more than anything—except Trump, who has been calling Sessions “Mr. Magoo.” → Read More
LAW ENFORCEMENT, ANTIFA, AND THE SO-CALLED ALT-RIGHT
Pop culture embraces Trump’s “both sides” narrative as alt-right grows increasingly dangerous → Read More
THE FBI AND DIRTY COPS
The Memo hysteria and a Baltimore corruption trial highlight the state of law enforcement in 2018 → Read More
DRUG CHECKING AS SELF-HELP HARM REDUCTION
“Always test every batch,” Fuentes says. “Don’t assume because the last batch.” He calls it the “chocolate chip” effect when the drugs aren’t cut well and the fentanyl is not well distributed. → Read More
THE PUSH CONTINUES
US Attorney dropped charges against 129 defendants, but continues to prosecute journalists and others → Read More