Emmett Rensin is a writer and editor currently based in Iowa City, Iowa. Previous, he was a features editor for Vox and a contributing editor for the Los Angeles Review of Books. His work has appeared in the Atlantic, the New Republic, the Los Angeles Times, and elsewhere.
FERGUSON, MO - AUGUST 17: Tear gas rains down on a woman kneeling in the street with her hands in the air after a demonstration over the killing of teenager Michael Brown by a Ferguson police was attacked by police August 17, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Despite the Brown family's continued call for peaceful demonstrations, violent protests have erupted nearly every night in Ferguson since his August 9, death. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
