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December 10, 2021
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Molly Osberg
Working the Dinner Shift With Court Watch NYC
Each night, volunteers spread out through courtrooms to try to keep judges honest.
October 28, 2021
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Esther Wang
Why the NYPD’s Horrific Mishandling of Rape Investigations Won’t Go Away
How do you use police to address sexual violence when they themselves are part of the problem?
July 30, 2020
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Melissa Gira Grant
All Police Can Be Secret Police
Local democratic officials denounce the feds when they act with impunity, but their own police departments use many of the same tactics.
June 27, 2020
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Matt Ford
America Has a Secret Police Problem
There’s a lot you don’t know about what the cops on your streets are doing—and they aim to keep it that way.
June 5, 2020
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J.C. Pan
After Defunding the Police, Nationalize Their Benefits
Police unions have secured some of the most robust benefit packages in the country. Why shouldn’t everyone have that?
May 13, 2020
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Nick Martin
The Pandemic That Changed Everything Changed Nothing
In a global health crisis, political déjà vu becomes deadlier.
April 21, 2020
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Melissa Gira Grant
A Brief Criminal History of the Mask
How a New York law on “masquerading” passed in the early nineteenth century has been used—and abused—in the decades since
March 31, 2020
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Patrick Blanchfield
Policing and the English Language
The poisonous contradictions of coptalk
August 30, 2019
Melissa Gira Grant
New Yorkers Should Thank Police for the Summer “Slowdown”
Arrests and crime are down amid cops’ protest of the firing of officer Daniel Pantaleo, who killed Eric Garner.
August 30, 2018
Jo Livingstone
Crime + Punishment
Examines the Scourge of Police Quotas
A new documentary tells the story of cops who have blown the whistle on the NYPD's predatory tactics.
August 24, 2016
Anakwa Dwamena
Forget Trump. The NYPD is already a nightmare for Muslims.
May 11, 2016
Max Rivlin-Nadler
A Metrocard Swipe Is Free Speech
It's not a crime to ask for a swipe, but the NYPD might arrest you for it.
May 7, 2015
Whitney Mallett
A Crooked NYPD Cop Explains Police Corruption
March 14, 2015
Jamil Smith
Language Police
The NYPD can’t delete brutality from its history.
March 4, 2015
Jamil Smith
You, Too, Can Prevent Police Brutality
The DOJ's Ferguson probe shows why we need to get proactive
February 25, 2015
Jamil Smith
Bill Bratton's Rhetorical Reparations
The NYPD commish strikes the right note, but real reform still waits
January 30, 2015
Sam Eifling
The NYPD Is Giving Cops Machine Guns to Control Peaceful Protests
December 31, 2014
Matthew Pratt Guterl
The NYPD Freakout Isn't Just About Race. It's About Inequality, Too.
What police officers' demand for respect really means
December 30, 2014
Yishai Schwartz
The NYPD Is Using the Double-Murder to Dismiss Political Opponents—But Liberals Are Guilty of It, Too
December 24, 2014
Rebecca Leber
How Did the NYPD Killer Get His Hands on a Gun From Georgia? Because Our Laws Are Insane.
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