An abolitionist demand rose to mainstream prominence. Now every politician and cable news talking head is suddenly an expert.

On peaceful protest, “outside agitators,” and the radical agency of the oppressed

Police unions have secured some of the most robust benefit packages in the country. Why shouldn’t everyone have that?

Scenes from the city in the wake of last week’s unrest

Budgets are about to get tight. States and cities should direct money to programs that truly make communities more secure.

As police everywhere roll through neighborhoods with battlefield hardware, an Afghanistan vet’s family learns there’s no escaping war.

Over the past week, cops have shown that they share a coherent ideology.

Law enforcement agencies have become the standing armies that the Founders feared.

Trump is sending an unambiguous message to a country in turmoil—and his armed supporters, from cops to vigilantes, hear it loud and clear.

Like the president, New York City’s mayor has shrunk from sight amid anti-police protests.

Mainstream press coverage of state violence tends to frame it as if it happened by magic.

The protests across the country are about more than police violence.

The coronavirus has slowed much American police work, but the rate of police killings has remained relatively unchanged.

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.