The Police State Presidency The Police State Presidency
Trump’s crime wave to break democracy.
Sep 17, 2025 / OppArt / Clay Bennett
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
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
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
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
Why We Must Release the Epstein Files Why We Must Release the Epstein Files
We need justice for the survivors of his predations, and we need to restore public trust in our institutions.
Aug 13, 2025 / Rep. Ro Khanna
Letitia James, New York’s Badass AG Letitia James, New York’s Badass AG
The state’s attorney general, Letitia James, has emerged as a North Star in the chaos of the second Trump administration.
Aug 11, 2025 / Feature / Joan Walsh
Trump World Will Never Allow Justice for Breonna Taylor Trump World Will Never Allow Justice for Breonna Taylor
The sentencing of police officer Brett Hankison to 33 months in prison by a Trump-appointed judge is a travesty—even if it’s better than the DOJ’s request for one day.
Jul 23, 2025 / Elie Mystal
Jeffrey Epstein’s Victims Are Again Being Wronged by Donald Trump’s Circus Jeffrey Epstein’s Victims Are Again Being Wronged by Donald Trump’s Circus
Partisan politics is making a travesty of justice.
Jul 18, 2025 / Jeet Heer