Criminal Justice

Bill de Blasio Broke His Promise to New York

Bill de Blasio Broke His Promise to New York Bill de Blasio Broke His Promise to New York

The mayor’s retreat on police reform is a wound that won’t heal.

Jun 26, 2020 / The Editors

Kent Ford raises his fist

‘We Can’t Be Duped by Petty Reforms’: A Q&A With a Black Panther ‘We Can’t Be Duped by Petty Reforms’: A Q&A With a Black Panther

Kent Ford, who founded the Portland, Ore., chapter of the Black Panther Party, says we’re finally seeing Fred Hampton’s multiracial coalition in action.

Jun 25, 2020 / Jules Boykoff

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Officer, Why the Riot Gear? Officer, Why the Riot Gear?

Racism and brutality are entrenched into our nation's police departments.

Jun 23, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow

For ‘Police Accountability With Teeth,’ Citizens Demand Elected and Empowered Oversight Boards

For ‘Police Accountability With Teeth,’ Citizens Demand Elected and Empowered Oversight Boards For ‘Police Accountability With Teeth,’ Citizens Demand Elected and Empowered Oversight Boards

Activists from Seattle to New York argue that elected boards and special prosecutors are vital to addressing police violence.

Jun 18, 2020 / John Nichols

A cell block of Cummins Unit

Incarcerated, Infected, and Ignored: Inside an Arkansas Prison Outbreak Incarcerated, Infected, and Ignored: Inside an Arkansas Prison Outbreak

Inmates say guards treated them like “lepers” as Covid-19 tore through the penitentiary.

Jun 17, 2020 / Molly Minta

Buffalo protest

Buffalo’s Police Brutality Didn’t Start With Martin Gugino Buffalo’s Police Brutality Didn’t Start With Martin Gugino

In the past three years alone, Buffalo police have killed four young men of color under questionable circumstances.

Jun 16, 2020 / Geoff Kelly

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

The Right Is Scared of the Protests The Right Is Scared of the Protests

Defunding the police? Dethroning Confederate monuments? What’s next, a better tomorrow?

Jun 16, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow

Now More Than Ever, We Need Images of Black Dignity and Resistance

Now More Than Ever, We Need Images of Black Dignity and Resistance Now More Than Ever, We Need Images of Black Dignity and Resistance

Since the 1980s, I’ve been making photographs that go against the dominant representations of Black people.

Jun 15, 2020 / Photo Essay / Jamel Shabazz, The Nation, and Magnum Foundation

Person with arm raised in front of burning building

Burning Down the 3rd Police Precinct Changed Everything Burning Down the 3rd Police Precinct Changed Everything

By seizing the cops’ home base, rioters showed that law enforcement is not above the forces of history.

Jun 12, 2020 / Vicky Osterweil

The Rev. Jesse Jackson: ‘Every City Has Its George Floyd’

The Rev. Jesse Jackson: ‘Every City Has Its George Floyd’ The Rev. Jesse Jackson: ‘Every City Has Its George Floyd’

“The outrage at the murder of George Floyd breaks open doors that have been locked for decades,” the reverend told The Nation in an exclusive interview.

Jun 11, 2020 / Robert L. Borosage

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