I No Longer Trust Law Enforcement to Keep Biden and Harris Safe on Inauguration Day I No Longer Trust Law Enforcement to Keep Biden and Harris Safe on Inauguration Day
The siege of the Capitol revealed what most Black people already knew: Law enforcement is in league with Trumpism.
Jan 13, 2021 / Elie Mystal
No Excuses: Biden Can Help End Racist Police Violence—From Day 1 No Excuses: Biden Can Help End Racist Police Violence—From Day 1
The incoming president said Black Lives Matter. Now it’s time for him to prove he means it.
Jan 8, 2021 / Column / Elie Mystal
What an Ex-Cop Learned in Prison About Police Culture What an Ex-Cop Learned in Prison About Police Culture
Brooks Laughlin tells incarcerated writer Michael J. Moore, “The most manly thing you can do is ask for help.”
Dec 31, 2020 / Michael J. Moore
Do Not Hire This Man Do Not Hire This Man
Rahm Emanuel’s record of promoting neoliberal policies, attacking progressives and covering up police violence thoroughly disqualifies him.
Dec 3, 2020 / John Nichols
‘I Experience a Hollowing Fear Any Time I’m Stopped by Police’ ‘I Experience a Hollowing Fear Any Time I’m Stopped by Police’
Gutting the Fourth Amendment has turned tiny traffic violations into abusive traffic stops and coercive searches for millions of Black drivers like myself.
Nov 19, 2020 / Feature / Philip V. McHarris
College Costs More Than What’s on the Bill — That’s Why Students Should Strike College Costs More Than What’s on the Bill — That’s Why Students Should Strike
How much of your tuition is funding campus police? A lot more than you think.
Nov 11, 2020 / StudentNation / Miranda Dotson
Police Terror Won’t End With the Trump Administration Police Terror Won’t End With the Trump Administration
Post–Election Day cop brutality points to the continuation of a violent reality for protesters.
Nov 11, 2020 / Chris Gelardi
After Philadelphia Police Shot and Killed Walter Wallace After Philadelphia Police Shot and Killed Walter Wallace
The city erupted in the usual pattern of peaceful protest followed by looting. Then something strange happened.
Nov 3, 2020 / Gene Seymour
To Repair Our Country, Start by Repairing Our Political Language To Repair Our Country, Start by Repairing Our Political Language
I understand and share the anger of those who say “defund the police,” but our job in the political arena is to make a better world for everyone—even those we disagree with.
Nov 3, 2020 / Walter Mosley
We Must Sever Law Enforcement From the Labor Movement We Must Sever Law Enforcement From the Labor Movement
We cannot stand by and watch as our so-called union brothers continue to brutalize Black and working-class lives with impunity.
Oct 26, 2020 / The Debate / Kim Kelly