Can Street Violence Be Fought Like a Virus? Can Street Violence Be Fought Like a Virus?
CeaseFire Chicago, pioneered by an infectious disease expert, has been heralded as an unprecedented success. Will a summer spike in homicides threaten the program in other cities w...
Jun 21, 2012 / Jeff Deeney
Fighting Back Against Stop-and-Frisk Fighting Back Against Stop-and-Frisk
Several thousand people marched in silence down Manhattan's Fifth Avenue on June 17 to demand an end to the New York Police department's controversial stop-and-frisk policy.
Jun 19, 2012 / Video / Francis Reynolds
Father’s Day March Unites Thousands Against NYPD’s Stop-and-Frisk Policy Father’s Day March Unites Thousands Against NYPD’s Stop-and-Frisk Policy
Community members gathered to protest the discriminatory practice that has increased by 600 percent since Mayor Bloomberg took office.
Jun 19, 2012 / Max Rivlin-Nadler and Andrea Jones
Moustafa Bayoumi: Criminalizing Muslims Moustafa Bayoumi: Criminalizing Muslims
In the public imagination, September 11, 2001 marked the arrival of Islam in this country, bound to narratives of destruction and terror.
Jun 14, 2012 / Video / Francis Reynolds
NYPD’s Monitoring Of Muslim Students Sparks Indignation At NYU NYPD’s Monitoring Of Muslim Students Sparks Indignation At NYU
Earlier this year, an AP investigation revealed the NYPD surveillance of NYU's Islamic community, causing an uproar on campus and a demand that the university president denounce th...
Jun 14, 2012 / StudentNation / Harry Lee
The Outrage of Stop-and-Frisk Policing The Outrage of Stop-and-Frisk Policing
Growing public protest, along with two landmark lawsuits, may put an end to this dragnet policy that overwhelmingly targets young black and Latino men.
Jun 14, 2012 / Editorial / David Cole
Deploying Informants, the FBI Stings Muslims Deploying Informants, the FBI Stings Muslims
Behind nearly every “foiled terror plot” lurks a government informant sent to entrap hapless young Muslim men.
Jun 14, 2012 / Feature / Petra Bartosiewicz
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The Long Roots of the NYPD Spying Program The Long Roots of the NYPD Spying Program
Before the War on Terror and Ray Kelly's spies, the War on Crime helped transform the NYPD into a small army.
Jun 14, 2012 / Feature / Ramzi Kassem
Third Case Against Occupy Wall Street Protester Is Thrown Out Third Case Against Occupy Wall Street Protester Is Thrown Out
It raises the question, why were these people arrested in the first place?
May 25, 2012 / Blog / Allison Kilkenny
Preying on the Poor Preying on the Poor
How government and corporations use the poor as piggy banks.
May 17, 2012 / Barbara Ehrenreich