Matt Davies

Matt Davies

Both the fatal shooting of Michael Brown and the violent responses were heartbreaking — and are the fruits of deep-rooted social problems.

Events in Ferguson are evidence that if communities don’t see fit to invest in the well-being and future of those who historically have been marginalized, they’ll pay one way or another.

Matt Davies is Newsday’s Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist.

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