Criminal Justice

Baltimore police

Here’s How to Cop Watch Here’s How to Cop Watch

Everyone should know how to do this.

Sep 23, 2015 / Muna Mire

A Duluth, Minnesota police officer wearing a body camera.

We Don’t Even Know How Best to Use Body Cameras—Let Alone Regulate Them We Don’t Even Know How Best to Use Body Cameras—Let Alone Regulate Them

Don’t expect an end to police brutality by giving law enforcement a new tool for their arsenal.

Sep 23, 2015 / Ava Kofman

Michael Brown Memorial

The Ferguson Commission Issued 189 Calls to Action. Will Missouri Listen? The Ferguson Commission Issued 189 Calls to Action. Will Missouri Listen?

Rev. Starsky Wilson, a member of the Ferguson Commission, discusses its key findings and the prospects for change.

Sep 22, 2015 / Joshua Holland

Are Americans Finally Facing Up to the True Costs of Mass Incarceration?

Are Americans Finally Facing Up to the True Costs of Mass Incarceration? Are Americans Finally Facing Up to the True Costs of Mass Incarceration?

The human devastation caused by prisons goes far beyond the cost to taxpayers.

Sep 16, 2015 / Dani McClain

NYPD Graduating Ceremony

No, Protests Against Police Brutality Are Not Increasing Crime No, Protests Against Police Brutality Are Not Increasing Crime

And those who say so are practicing bad journalism and worse science.

Sep 3, 2015 / Alex S. Vitale

Prison Fence

Why a Criminal Record Shouldn’t Disqualify Someone From Public Assistance Why a Criminal Record Shouldn’t Disqualify Someone From Public Assistance

No one should go hungry for a crime that they have already served time for.

Sep 2, 2015 / Rosie Flores

Torture Victim

US Special Forces May Have Gone On a Murder Spree in Afghanistan—Did the Army Cover It Up? US Special Forces May Have Gone On a Murder Spree in Afghanistan—Did the Army Cover It Up?

Exclusive video: “I saw with my own eyes that they killed people.”

Sep 2, 2015 / Matthieu Aikins

Students Protest BLM

What a Band of 20th-Century Alabama Communists Can Teach Black Lives Matter and the Offspring of Occupy What a Band of 20th-Century Alabama Communists Can Teach Black Lives Matter and the Offspring of Occupy

On the 25th anniversary of the groundbreaking history, Hammer and Hoe, author Robin D.G. Kelley discusses the lessons Alabama’s forgotten black communists can offer today’s activis...

Aug 31, 2015 / Sarah Jaffe

Former Minnesota Vikings receiver Cris Carter

Cris Carter: The Fall Guy Cris Carter: The Fall Guy

Comments by Cris Carter that NFL players need a “fall guy” to take the blame for crimes aren’t just shocking. They reflect a broader culture of scapegoating in the league.

Aug 25, 2015 / Dave Zirin

GOP Candidates

Even the GOP’s ‘Serious’ Candidates Are Way Out of Step With Mainstream Americans Even the GOP’s ‘Serious’ Candidates Are Way Out of Step With Mainstream Americans

Republicans are advocating a future that will drag us back to the failed policies of the past.

Aug 18, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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