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Police
September 1, 2017
Sarah Jaffe
Trump Already Has a Wall. It’s the Thin Blue Line.
Police are suppressing the rights of protesters—and that's just the way Trump wants it.
May 10, 2017
Ava Kofman
Why You Spy on Your Neighbors
Joshua Reeves’s “Citizen Spies” looks at citizens, surveillance, and how the police state conscripts us all.
April 24, 2017
Emily Atkin
Did black lives matter at D.C.’s March for Science?
April 17, 2017
Magazine
Steve Featherstone
Professor Carnage
Dave Grossman teaches police officers to think like "warriors." But is the rise of a militarized mindset turning black citizens into targets?
April 11, 2017
Clio Chang
Why It Matters That the United Dragging Victim Is Asian
The outrage over the incident has largely left out discussion of the man's race. And that's a problem.
April 6, 2017
Magazine
Mark Binelli
The Fire Last Time
An elite police squad was supposed to clean up the streets of 1970s Detroit. Instead, it terrorized African Americans, and turned the city into a battleground.
April 6, 2017
Magazine
Peniel E. Joseph
Why Black Lives Matter Still Matters
Three years after BLM launched a nationwide uprising against police violence, what's next for the movement?
April 4, 2017
Graham Vyse
Jeff Sessions is going after Obama-era police reforms.
January 13, 2017
Lovia Gyarkye
Chicago police repeatedly violated civil rights. Will Trump care?
January 11, 2017
Graham Vyse
Two-thirds of our cops are in denial about police violence against black Americans.
January 9, 2017
Jeet Heer
James Comey Is Democrats’ Best Hope for Stopping Trump
The president-elect could use law enforcement to abuse civil rights.
October 7, 2016
Nicole Narea
Protecting the Right to Record Police Brutality
Those who have filmed such incidents say they are facing retribution from the cops. Activists say it's time for lawmakers to step in.
October 5, 2016
Sarah Jones
Contain your shock, but Mike Pence is wrong about institutional racism.
October 5, 2016
Nicole Narea
Mike Pence tried to bring back the dog whistle.
September 23, 2016
Jeet Heer
The most heartbreaking revelation in Rakeyia Scott’s video is that she suspected police would shoot her husband.
September 22, 2016
Alex Shephard
The Tulsa officer who fatally shot Terence Crutcher has been charged with manslaughter.
September 21, 2016
Clio Chang
Police shootings of black men are major news again—just in time for the election.
August 4, 2016
Sukjong Hong
The “Blue Lives Matter” movement just gained its first victory in a Louisiana hate crime bill.
August 2, 2016
Steven Cohen
Bill Bratton’s gone. What’s next for police reform activists?
July 14, 2016
Sukjong Hong
School’s out for the Cleveland university hosting riot police during the RNC, but students are not happy about it.
School's out for Cleveland university hosting 1900 riot police during RNC, but students are not happy about it.
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