In the drive to “reopen” the economy, the means to radically expand tech-based surveillance and criminalize our everyday lives are there for the taking.

As white armed protesters flood state capitols to be marveled at by the media and left alone by police, workers of color are fighting for their survival.

How a New York law on “masquerading” passed in the early nineteenth century has been used—and abused—in the decades since

It's commonly held that letting the cops do crimes is a big no-no, but thanks to a zany lower court ruling the question is in the Supreme Court's hands.

Police are making low-level arrests even as public health experts have called for immediate decarceration to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

A lawsuit against a police department filed by its own dispatcher speaks to the depths of the crisis of violence against Native women.

An exclusive look at a groundbreaking policy transformation. There are lessons for the left to learn here.

A new study breaks down the ubiquitous television cop drama and America's strange obsession with police.

The progressive prosecutor wants to fight gun violence with a light touch. His critics say he’s crazy. His defenders say he’s onto something.

In the struggle for criminal justice reform, police are playing the victim.

The influx of police officers into New York's subway system is part of a broader criminalization of poverty.

She has become one of the rare cops to be convicted of murder, despite a system that often works in their favor.

History shows that the expansion of the American security state never benefits racial and religious minorities.

"Felony murder" laws across America are being used to charge juveniles with crimes they didn't commit.

How one American city chose to tackle crime, combat racism, and reckon with the legacy of police brutality

The Rajneesh "peace" force arrests an opponent in Antelope

The trial of two crooked cops could mark a turning point for the broken department, despite Trump's indifference to the problem.

Police are suppressing the rights of protesters—and that's just the way Trump wants it.

Joshua Reeves’s “Citizen Spies” looks at citizens, surveillance, and how the police state conscripts us all.