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November 17, 2021
A Cop Is Finally in Trouble for Using Excessive Force—Against Dogs
Why can’t we expect at least this much from the courts when it comes to Black people?
Elie Mystal
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November 16, 2021
Minneapolis May Have Rejected That Referendum on the Police
But the activists’ vision of alternative policing lives on.
Ibrahim Hirsi
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November 16, 2021
Where “Defund” Isn’t Dead
Though the politics of police reform have shifted since a year ago, the movement to find new ways to ensure public safety is winning a number of fights in cities across the country.
Bryce Covert
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October 29, 2021
The Supreme Court Wants to Make It Even Harder to Sue Abusive Cops
Ending qualified immunity is essential to bringing violent police officers to justice, but the nation’s highest court refuses to weaken it.
Elie Mystal
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October 21, 2021
Not Allowed to Be a Kid
As a Black youth, I’ve been surveilled and pushed around by police since elementary school.
Amaru Howard
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September 30, 2021
Black Residents of Minneapolis Say They Need More Cops—Not Fewer
As voters head to the polls to decide the fate of the city’s police department, most Black residents want more police—who will value Black lives.
Ibrahim Hirsi
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September 30, 2021
Can Policing Be Reformed?
Erwin Chemerinsky on police brutality, plus Eyal Press on dirty work.
Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
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September 20, 2021
Sexism and Racism on the Left: What Has and Hasn’t Changed Since Occupy Wall Street
Dozens of Zuccotti Park activists pushed the movement to confront race and gender oppression—and have continued that work in the decade since.
Sarah M. Seltzer
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September 17, 2021
Minneapolis Inches Closer to Disbanding Its Police Department
Voters will have a chance this fall to decide whether to keep the 154-year-old police department or create a new public safety agency.
Ibrahim Hirsi
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August 11, 2021
Do We Need Police?
A former police lieutenant debates an abolitionist.
Diane Goldstein and Jasson Perez