Police and Law Enforcement

In the Cleveland Kidnapping Case, Bystander Intervention Worked. What Happens When It Doesn’t?

In the Cleveland Kidnapping Case, Bystander Intervention Worked. What Happens When It Doesn’t? In the Cleveland Kidnapping Case, Bystander Intervention Worked. What Happens When It Doesn’t?

Reliance on the criminal justice system as the primary solution to intimate partner violence is a long-standing point of debate in the movement to end it.

May 13, 2013 / Eesha Pandit

Assata Shakur Is Not a Terrorist

Assata Shakur Is Not a Terrorist Assata Shakur Is Not a Terrorist

The former Black Panther has become the first woman placed on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist list and reminds us that the struggle for freedom is far from over. 

May 7, 2013 / Mychal Denzel Smith

Stop-and-Frisk Under Fire

Stop-and-Frisk Under Fire Stop-and-Frisk Under Fire

An aggressive, racially charged stop-and-frisk captured on audio helped raise the debate about the police tactic.

May 2, 2013 / Press Room

Terror in Texas

Terror in Texas Terror in Texas

There ought to be a response to violence besides callous indifference and total social warfare.

Apr 24, 2013 / Richard Kim

A Bold Progressive Vision for the New York City Council (Really!) A Bold Progressive Vision for the New York City Council (Really!)

Council members are working on an agenda that includes labor organizing, public transportation and giving legal immigrants the right to vote in municipal elections.

Apr 18, 2013 / Brad Lander

Punishing Students For Who They Are, Not What They Do

Punishing Students For Who They Are, Not What They Do Punishing Students For Who They Are, Not What They Do

America's school suspension rates reflect—and shape—the disparities at work in the nation at large.

Apr 17, 2013 / Chloe Angyal

The Gilded City The Gilded City

Struggling to survive in Bloomberg’s New York.

Apr 9, 2013 / The Nation

‘We Were Handcuffing Kids For No Reason’: Stop-And-Frisk Goes On Trial

‘We Were Handcuffing Kids For No Reason’: Stop-And-Frisk Goes On Trial ‘We Were Handcuffing Kids For No Reason’: Stop-And-Frisk Goes On Trial

At the same time that Brooklyn residents poured into the streets over the killing of Kimani Gray, NYPD officers took the stand to describe the department's racist tactics.

Mar 28, 2013 / Ryan Devereaux

The Dark Side of DNA Evidence

The Dark Side of DNA Evidence The Dark Side of DNA Evidence

Collecting DNA upon arrest can identify the guilty and exonerate the innocent. But it also amounts to an expanding racial dragnet.

Mar 27, 2013 / Jason Silverstein

After Dorner: How the LAPD Has Covered Up Its Bad Behavior

After Dorner: How the LAPD Has Covered Up Its Bad Behavior After Dorner: How the LAPD Has Covered Up Its Bad Behavior

The LAPD is supposed to have cleaned up its act under the tenure of Police Chief Charlie Beck. But his record is rife with denials and whitewashes.

Mar 26, 2013 / Uzma Kolsy

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