To build community support, organizers in L.A. flipped the message—and tactic—from taking money away from cops to locking in funds for everything else. Will it work?

A case out of Wisconsin reveals how fragile—and superficial—coalitions between anti-violence organizations and police really are.

As abolitionist frameworks enter the mainstream, addressing gendered and sexual violence is treated like a conceptual trap. It’s not.

Newspapers love a good “Feds take down sex trafficking” story, even if there are no sex traffickers actually taken down.

Twenty percent of cops are military veterans—and some are fighting to rid policing of fear-based training and a testosterone-fueled culture.

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

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

Those of us affected by the AIDS epidemic know the importance—and dangers—of antibody testing.

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

The bipartisan movement to “combat trafficking” was built on many of the same superficialities as the First Family, but everyone has their limit.

Do we control our genetic information, or is it controlling us?

A new documentary tells the story of cops who have blown the whistle on the NYPD's predatory tactics.

A 2015 state law refused drones, grenade launchers, and other military gear. Some see it as a roadmap.

The disturbing new film shows how Hollywood uses white women to generate empathy for the police.

What the Baltimore prosecutor's charges in the Freddie Gray case mean to native residents

What happened to the mayor's pledge to reform the NYPD?