Here’s How to Cop Watch Here’s How to Cop Watch
Everyone should know how to do this.
Sep 23, 2015 / Muna Mire
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
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?
The human devastation caused by prisons goes far beyond the cost to taxpayers.
Sep 16, 2015 / Dani McClain
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
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
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
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
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
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