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Police Brutality
July 17, 2020
Libby Watson
The Trump Administration Is Treating U.S. Cities Like Occupied Territory
Unidentified federal agents in Portland detained protesters without cause—a predictable consequence of law enforcement becoming more like the military, and vice versa.
July 2, 2020
Jack Shuler
Can the White People of Small-Town America Get Behind the Movement for Black Lives?
The George Floyd protests have spread to the heavily white areas of rural Ohio. Only time will tell whether the alliance will last.
July 1, 2020
Melissa Batchelor Warnke
Defund the Sheriffs, Too
The corrupt and abusive Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is just one of many in America that have evaded oversight.
June 18, 2020
Michael Brenes
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Tim Keogh
Lessons From the Long Movement to Defund the Military
What “Defund the Police” can learn from the six-decade effort to radically demilitarize U.S. foreign policy
June 17, 2020
Alex Pareene
Abolish These Police Departments
Minneapolis’s police force has forfeited its right to exist. So have other cities’.
June 17, 2020
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The Politics of Everything
The Political Power of Protests
How does direct action shape policy?
June 15, 2020
Giulia L. Heyward
The Righteous Power of the George Floyd Mural
The proliferation of murals across the country is part of a tradition dating back to the civil rights movement.
June 12, 2020
Nadine Little
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Nick Martin
I Helped Turn an Empty Hotel Into a Shelter. Then the Owner Evicted Us.
“We were shut out of our rooms ... I really don’t know what’s next.”
June 11, 2020
Jasper Craven
The Police’s “Sheepdog” Problem
Twenty percent of cops are military veterans—and some are fighting to rid policing of fear-based training and a testosterone-fueled culture.
June 11, 2020
Kate Aronoff
Reactionary Unions Don’t Just Back Police. They Also Back Fossil Fuels.
The left-leaning labor movement is home to a few highly intransigent anti-reform groups. How should labor respond?
June 10, 2020
J.C. Pan
Small Acts of Care in a Failed State
What community solidarity in the wake of police violence and a devastated economy say about government malice
June 9, 2020
Nick Martin
The NFL Is for Cops
A weak statement about past wrongs is a joke and an insult to the movement against police violence and former players like Colin Kaepernick.
June 9, 2020
Andrew J. Bacevich
Will 2020 Finally Kill America’s War Fetish?
The U.S. has historically chosen war to address all kinds of problems: terror, drugs, unfriendly countries. This time is different.
June 8, 2020
Libby Watson
No Slogan Is Safe From Politicians
Mitt Romney tweeted that “Black Lives Matter.” D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser painted it on the street. But will they fight for true reform? (Probably not.)
June 5, 2020
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?
June 4, 2020
J.C. Hallman
Minneapolis in the Aftermath
Scenes from the city in the wake of last week’s unrest
June 4, 2020
Kate Aronoff
Defunding the Police Is Good Climate Policy
Budgets are about to get tight. States and cities should direct money to programs that truly make communities more secure.
June 4, 2020
Matt Farwell
The Militarization of the American Hometown
As police everywhere roll through neighborhoods with battlefield hardware, an Afghanistan vet’s family learns there’s no escaping war.
June 3, 2020
Alex Pareene
The Police Take the Side of White Vigilantes
Over the past week, cops have shown that they share a coherent ideology.
June 2, 2020
Adam Weinstein
This Is Fascism
Trump is sending an unambiguous message to a country in turmoil—and his armed supporters, from cops to vigilantes, hear it loud and clear.
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