Police brutality

There’s Only One Possible Conclusion: White America Likes Its Killer Cops

There’s Only One Possible Conclusion: White America Likes Its Killer Cops There’s Only One Possible Conclusion: White America Likes Its Killer Cops

There’s a straight line connecting Derek Chauvin to Amy Cooper—and that line is white support of police violence.

May 27, 2020 / Elie Mystal

Breonna Taylor Was Murdered for Sleeping While Black

Breonna Taylor Was Murdered for Sleeping While Black Breonna Taylor Was Murdered for Sleeping While Black

The circumstances of Taylor’s murder by cops, who barged into her home late at night, are shocking. They are also common.

May 15, 2020 / Elie Mystal

A group walks with signs and posters demanding justice for Ahmaud Arbery

We Didn’t Need Video to Know Ahmaud Arbery Was Lynched We Didn’t Need Video to Know Ahmaud Arbery Was Lynched

How many black men are buried while their killers walk free because nobody happened to film their final, terrifying moments?

May 7, 2020 / Elie Mystal

Covid Is About to Become the Newest Excuse for Police Brutality

Covid Is About to Become the Newest Excuse for Police Brutality Covid Is About to Become the Newest Excuse for Police Brutality

Throughout the country, police are being given new powers to enforce social distancing—and that can only mean one thing for Black people.

May 5, 2020 / Elie Mystal

Watching Hong Kong Cop Movies After 10 Months of Tear Gas

Watching Hong Kong Cop Movies After 10 Months of Tear Gas Watching Hong Kong Cop Movies After 10 Months of Tear Gas

The genre that propelled Jackie Chan and Chow Yun Fat to stardom has been tainted by real-life police brutality during protests.

Apr 16, 2020 / Jaime Chu

Student protestors

Hong Kong Is Still Waiting for Its Feminist Uprising Hong Kong Is Still Waiting for Its Feminist Uprising

Women and girls in the ongoing protest movement are up against a deeply unequal society.

Feb 25, 2020 / Jessie Lau

City of Protest: On Hong Kong With Jeff Wasserstrom

City of Protest: On Hong Kong With Jeff Wasserstrom City of Protest: On Hong Kong With Jeff Wasserstrom

The China scholar speaks to Ross Perlin about his new book, Vigil: Hong Kong on the Brink.

Jan 9, 2020 / Ross Perlin

High-Tech Police Weapons Do More Harm than Good

High-Tech Police Weapons Do More Harm than Good High-Tech Police Weapons Do More Harm than Good

Cops with “less lethal” weapons are not a substitute for a functioning mental health system.

Jan 9, 2020 / John Raphling

William Barr’s Police-Fueled War on Civil Rights

William Barr’s Police-Fueled War on Civil Rights William Barr’s Police-Fueled War on Civil Rights

The attorney general’s obsession with protecting the police is a throwback to the crackdown on protesters in the 1960s.   

Dec 27, 2019 / Joshua Clark Davis

New York City Joins the Global Insurrection Against Neoliberalism and Repression

New York City Joins the Global Insurrection Against Neoliberalism and Repression New York City Joins the Global Insurrection Against Neoliberalism and Repression

Organizers are connecting protests against austerity and police brutality in the New York City subway to the growing resistance in the Global South.

Nov 27, 2019 / Chris Gelardi

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