Police and Law Enforcement

The Most Important Story I’ve Never Told

The Most Important Story I’ve Never Told The Most Important Story I’ve Never Told

The Pulitzer Prize– and Emmy Award–winning journalist recounts a story of hope and heartbreak on the South Side of Chicago.

Sep 9, 2025 / Feature / Trymaine Lee

Wall of Names

Wall of Names Wall of Names

Colors.

Sep 5, 2025 / Steve Brodner

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

Protest signs on the ground outside of the Phillip Burton Federal Building in San Francisco in July that read, “Protect Our Neighbors / Protegiendo Nuestros Vecinos” and“ Keep Families Together / Manteniendo Familias Unidas.”

California Lawmakers Fight Back Against Trump's Secret Police Force California Lawmakers Fight Back Against Trump's Secret Police Force

Two bills making their way through the California legislature seek to end masking of federal agents and other tactics that are terrorizing communities.

Sep 5, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky

DC Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks the US District Courthouse in Washington, DC, on August 15, 2025.

Does DC Have a Vichy Mayor? Does DC Have a Vichy Mayor?

It’s still unclear—and that’s the problem.

Sep 5, 2025 / Dave Zirin

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

Profiles in Courage

Profiles in Courage Profiles in Courage

Hans and Franz.

Aug 29, 2025 / Steve Brodner

Donald Trump visits the US Park Police Anacostia Operations Facility on August 21, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Trump’s Occupation Could Cost Billions Trump’s Occupation Could Cost Billions

And DC residents will be footing much of the bill.

Aug 26, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

Donald Trump visits the US Park Police Anacostia Operations Facility on August 21, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Democrats Need to Stop Letting Trump Set the Terms of Engagement Democrats Need to Stop Letting Trump Set the Terms of Engagement

With every White House action, from mass deportation to domestic deployment of federal troops the “opposition party” has accepted the premise and failed to offer an alternative.

Aug 22, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

Members of the National Guard walk on the National Mall on August 14, 2025, in Washington, DC, following President Donald Trump’s deployment of federal forces and takeover of the city’s police department.

Is Trump’s DC Military Deployment the Start of a Slow-Motion Civil War? Is Trump’s DC Military Deployment the Start of a Slow-Motion Civil War?

Anything is possible in the coming days and weeks, but it’s difficult not to feel like we are veering toward escalating violence.

Aug 18, 2025 / Joan Walsh

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