The Police State Is Failing Officers Too The Police State Is Failing Officers Too
Alternatives to policing are critical to the health and safety of both overpoliced people, historically and predominantly Black and brown, and the police themselves.
Feb 3, 2022 / Editorial / Scott Hechinger
She Ran on a Platform of “Radical Love.” Now She’s Facing Radical Hate. She Ran on a Platform of “Radical Love.” Now She’s Facing Radical Hate.
Harlem’s new city councilwoman is finally getting media attention—and death threats—for sending condolences to the family of a man accused of murdering two cops.
Jan 28, 2022 / Joan Walsh
The Mayor Nobody Knows The Mayor Nobody Knows
Eric Adams takes office without having had much to say about how—or in whose interests—he’ll govern New York City.
Dec 27, 2021 / Editorial / Ross Barkan
Who Killed Malcolm X? Who Killed Malcolm X?
Thanks to a recent investigation, we now know that two of the men who spent decades in prison for the crime were innocent. But we are no closer to closure over an assassination tha...
Dec 9, 2021 / Tamara Payne
Closing Rikers Is Long Overdue Closing Rikers Is Long Overdue
Mass decarceration is exactly what’s needed to ensure that people aren’t simply being shuttled from one inhumane situation to another.
Nov 2, 2021 / Editorial / Victoria Law for The Nation
How Progressives Could Lose New York’s Mayor’s Race—but Win the City How Progressives Could Lose New York’s Mayor’s Race—but Win the City
Up and down the ballot, from office of the comptroller to the City Council, progressives could pull off a wave of critical victories.
Jun 21, 2021 / Akash Mehta and Sam Mellins
‘I Experience a Hollowing Fear Any Time I’m Stopped by Police’ ‘I Experience a Hollowing Fear Any Time I’m Stopped by Police’
Gutting the Fourth Amendment has turned tiny traffic violations into abusive traffic stops and coercive searches for millions of Black drivers like myself.
Nov 19, 2020 / Feature / Philip V. McHarris
Police Terror Won’t End With the Trump Administration Police Terror Won’t End With the Trump Administration
Post–Election Day cop brutality points to the continuation of a violent reality for protesters.
Nov 11, 2020 / Chris Gelardi
The NYPD Took a Step Toward Fascism When It Kidnapped Nikki Stone The NYPD Took a Step Toward Fascism When It Kidnapped Nikki Stone
Then they’ll come for you.
Jul 31, 2020 / Editorial / Tiffany Cabán
New York’s City Hall Encampment Is a Middle Finger to Our Elected Leaders New York’s City Hall Encampment Is a Middle Finger to Our Elected Leaders
A ragtag group of strangers is taking care of New Yorkers—including homeless comrades—better than the City is.
Jul 2, 2020 / Chris Gelardi