Police and Law Enforcement

Back to Reality

Back to Reality Back to Reality

Four years of damaging lies.

Nov 24, 2020 / OppArt / Paul Karasik

‘I Experience a Hollowing Fear Any Time I’m Stopped by Police’

‘I Experience a Hollowing Fear Any Time I’m Stopped by Police’ ‘I Experience a Hollowing Fear Any Time I’m Stopped by Police’

Gutting the Fourth Amendment has turned tiny traffic violations into abusive traffic stops and coercive searches for millions of Black drivers like myself.

Nov 19, 2020 / Feature / Philip V. McHarris

Colin Kaepernick Speaks Out for Mumia Abu-Jamal

Colin Kaepernick Speaks Out for Mumia Abu-Jamal Colin Kaepernick Speaks Out for Mumia Abu-Jamal

The exiled quarterback stands up for an imprisoned revolutionary, bringing Mumia’s case into the current moment.

Nov 18, 2020 / Dave Zirin

Should Biden Hire Rahm Emanuel? Chicago Says, ‘Never! Never! Never!’

Should Biden Hire Rahm Emanuel? Chicago Says, ‘Never! Never! Never!’ Should Biden Hire Rahm Emanuel? Chicago Says, ‘Never! Never! Never!’

The scandal-plagued neoliberal mayor’s track record is disqualifying, say the officials who know him best.

Nov 18, 2020 / John Nichols

College Costs More Than What’s on the Bill — That’s Why Students Should Strike

College Costs More Than What’s on the Bill — That’s Why Students Should Strike College Costs More Than What’s on the Bill — That’s Why Students Should Strike

How much of your tuition is funding campus police? A lot more than you think.

Nov 11, 2020 / StudentNation / Miranda Dotson

A police officer holds a riot shield that reads POLICE

Police Terror Won’t End With the Trump Administration Police Terror Won’t End With the Trump Administration

Post–Election Day cop brutality points to the continuation of a violent reality for protesters.

Nov 11, 2020 / Chris Gelardi

John Kasich Contributed Nothing to Biden’s Election, So Why Should Democrats Listen to His Claptrap?

John Kasich Contributed Nothing to Biden’s Election, So Why Should Democrats Listen to His Claptrap? John Kasich Contributed Nothing to Biden’s Election, So Why Should Democrats Listen to His Claptrap?

Kasich claims the left harmed Democrats. Wrong. Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and movements boosted turnout and helped swing key states.

Nov 9, 2020 / John Nichols

Gascón stands, wearing a mask, in front of a large projected slide with a picture of himself that reads

California Chooses Criminal Justice Reform California Chooses Criminal Justice Reform

Results are not final, and some are not progressive, but Golden State voters continue to turn away from the tough-on-crime course set in the 1990s.

Nov 4, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

Homeland Security Thinks Everything Looks Like Terrorism

Homeland Security Thinks Everything Looks Like Terrorism Homeland Security Thinks Everything Looks Like Terrorism

Hammer, meet nail.

Nov 4, 2020 / Editorial / Ken Klippenstein

Stephen Miller’s Second-Term Immigration Agenda Is Worse Than He Wants People to Know

Stephen Miller’s Second-Term Immigration Agenda Is Worse Than He Wants People to Know Stephen Miller’s Second-Term Immigration Agenda Is Worse Than He Wants People to Know

The senior administration official who dabbles in white nationalism is just getting started. “Stephen’s in charge,” Trump once said.

Nov 3, 2020 / Jean Guerrero

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