Minneapolis May Have Rejected That Referendum on the Police Minneapolis May Have Rejected That Referendum on the Police
But the activists’ vision of alternative policing lives on.
Nov 16, 2021 / Ibrahim Hirsi
Where “Defund” Isn’t Dead 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...
Nov 16, 2021 / Feature / Bryce Covert
The Supreme Court Wants to Make It Even Harder to Sue Abusive Cops 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.
Oct 29, 2021 / Column / Elie Mystal
Not Allowed to Be a Kid Not Allowed to Be a Kid
As a Black youth, I’ve been surveilled and pushed around by police since elementary school.
Oct 21, 2021 / StudentNation / Amaru Howard
Black Residents of Minneapolis Say They Need More Cops—Not Fewer 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.
Sep 30, 2021 / Column / Ibrahim Hirsi
Sexism and Racism on the Left: What Has and Hasn’t Changed Since Occupy Wall Street 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.
Sep 20, 2021 / Feature / Sarah M. Seltzer
Minneapolis Inches Closer to Disbanding Its Police Department 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.
Sep 17, 2021 / Ibrahim Hirsi
Do We Need Police? Do We Need Police?
A former police lieutenant debates an abolitionist.
Aug 11, 2021 / Editorial / Diane Goldstein and Jasson Perez
“We Will Live in a Completely Different World”: A Conversation With Svetlana Alexievich “We Will Live in a Completely Different World”: A Conversation With Svetlana Alexievich
The Nobel laureate on a new wave of repressions in Belarus, the role of women in revolution, and life after the pandemic.
Aug 2, 2021 / Conversations With ‘The Nation’ / Nadezhda Azhgikhina
The Violence of Latinx Erasure Starts With Undercounting Victims The Violence of Latinx Erasure Starts With Undercounting Victims
The systematic deletion of Latinx people by government databases, media organizations, and Hollywood has enabled killer cops, inhumane immigration policies, and more.
Jul 14, 2021 / Roberto Lovato