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.

Dave Grossman teaches police officers to think like "warriors." But is the rise of a militarized mindset turning black citizens into targets?

The outrage over the incident has largely left out discussion of the man's race. And that's a problem.

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.

Three years after BLM launched a nationwide uprising against police violence, what's next for the movement?