Criminal Justice

A stock photo of caution tape reading “Police Line Do Not Cross” across a suburban road.

Suicide or Lynching? Mississippi Officials Insist Trey Reed’s Death Is Nothing Suspicious. Suicide or Lynching? Mississippi Officials Insist Trey Reed’s Death Is Nothing Suspicious.

His family says he left for college happy and healthy. Soon after, he was found hanging from a tree on campus. Yet local officials are refusing calls to investigate further.

Oct 1, 2025 / Kali Holloway

James Comey’s Indictment, While Without Merit, Is Part of Comey’s Own  Legacy

James Comey’s Indictment, While Without Merit, Is Part of Comey’s Own Legacy James Comey’s Indictment, While Without Merit, Is Part of Comey’s Own Legacy

The former hard-charging deputy attorney general succumbed to political hubris as FBI director, and discredited the federal justice system in the process.

Sep 30, 2025 / Paul Pelletier

England Welcomes Donald (and Friend)

England Welcomes Donald (and Friend) England Welcomes Donald (and Friend)

Rolling out the carpet on the Epstein connection.

Sep 29, 2025 / OppArt / Everyone Hates Elon

UNHAPPY BIRTHDAY!

UNHAPPY BIRTHDAY! UNHAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Trump’s signature approach to Epstein.

Sep 25, 2025 / OppArt / Mark Kaplan, Ann Telnaes, and Peter Kuper

Maxwell’s House

Maxwell’s House Maxwell’s House

Good to the last leak.

Sep 19, 2025 / OppArt / Jack Ohman

The Police State Presidency

The Police State Presidency The Police State Presidency

Trump’s crime wave to break democracy.

Sep 17, 2025 / OppArt / Clay Bennett

A masked ICE agent stalks the corridors on the 12th floor of Lower Manhattan’s immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, New York City on September 8, 2025.

Trump Is Expanding His Masked Thugocracy Trump Is Expanding His Masked Thugocracy

Federal agents are essentially acting as paramilitaries to fulfill the administration’s violent fantasies. After the assassination of Charlie Kirk, they will be empowered.

Sep 12, 2025 / Column / Sasha Abramsky

Protester getting arrested and pinned against wall while other police officers turn their back.

A Different Kind of Justice: Rewarding Good Policing to Protect Black Lives   A Different Kind of Justice: Rewarding Good Policing to Protect Black Lives  

From reactive accountability to proactive reform.

Sep 5, 2025 / Judi Komaki

The DC Night Patrols Are Showing Cities How to Fight Trump’s Occupation

The DC Night Patrols Are Showing Cities How to Fight Trump’s Occupation The DC Night Patrols Are Showing Cities How to Fight Trump’s Occupation

With only their cell phones, medical kits, and the confidence to assert their rights, volunteer night patrols follow and record the armed troops who have taken over the capital.

Aug 29, 2025 / Dave Zirin and Chuck Modiano

John Bolton, former national security adviser to President Trump, arrives home, as the FBI searches his house August 22, 2025 in Bethesda, Maryland.

Even John Bolton Doesn’t Deserve This Even John Bolton Doesn’t Deserve This

Trump’s former national security adviser is a very hateable figure. But he still needs defending from the president’s lawlessness.

Aug 25, 2025 / Jeet Heer

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