Chicago’s Election Will Shape the Future of Public Safety in America Chicago’s Election Will Shape the Future of Public Safety in America
Paul Vallas promises that he’ll grow the police force. Brandon Johnson says that to build safety, he’ll “invest in people.” What does that mean, and what are voters choosing betwee...
Mar 31, 2023 / Eric Reinhart
Predatory Policing Has Become a National Crisis Predatory Policing Has Become a National Crisis
Welcome to America’s emerging predator state.
Feb 28, 2023 / Michael Gould-Wartofsky
It’s Time to End the Outrageous Militarization of America’s Police Force It’s Time to End the Outrageous Militarization of America’s Police Force
De-escalation would enhance public safety.
Feb 21, 2023 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
After Another Police Killing in Chicago, We Need to Focus on Care, Not Cops After Another Police Killing in Chicago, We Need to Focus on Care, Not Cops
Officers in Chicago killed Isidro Valverde and then lied about it—part of a pattern at CPD. We must reallocate excessive police funding to build systems of supportive care.
Feb 17, 2023 / Rossana Rodriguez and Eric Reinhart
Congress Shouldn’t Clap for Tyre Nichols’s Parents—They Should Apologize Congress Shouldn’t Clap for Tyre Nichols’s Parents—They Should Apologize
Many of the people rising for Nichols’s parents during the State of the Union didn’t do enough to prevent his death—and quite a few did worse than that.
Feb 9, 2023 / Editorial / Elie Mystal
You Cannot Stop Us From Proclaiming “I, Too, Am America” You Cannot Stop Us From Proclaiming “I, Too, Am America”
Watching Tyre Nichols sent home too soon, by the mean and the murderous.
Feb 3, 2023 / Maya Wiley
Deadly Violence Against Protesters Is the New Normal Deadly Violence Against Protesters Is the New Normal
Our over-militarized police force makes de-escalation unthinkable and violence inevitable—and, in the case of the "Cop City" shooting, lethal.
Feb 3, 2023 / Michael Gould-Wartofsky
What the Charges Against the Cops Who Killed Tyre Nichols Really Mean What the Charges Against the Cops Who Killed Tyre Nichols Really Mean
Prosecutors chose from multiple potential charges to land on second-degree murder for the five officers who killed Nichols.
Feb 2, 2023 / Elie Mystal
Cops Lynched Tyre Nichols Because They Knew They Could Cops Lynched Tyre Nichols Because They Knew They Could
All police, regardless of race or background, are employed to uphold a system conceived by white people, for white people, that operates to oppress Black people.
Jan 31, 2023 / Elie Mystal
The Killing of Tyre Nichols Is an Indictment of the Entire Political System The Killing of Tyre Nichols Is an Indictment of the Entire Political System
After BLM and the George Floyd protests, the bipartisan elite embraced bolstering police power.
Jan 30, 2023 / Jeet Heer