Kimani Gray: Guilty Until Proven Innocent Kimani Gray: Guilty Until Proven Innocent
News stories that followed the NYPD’s killing of a 16-year-old Brooklyn boy show how we criminalize people based on race and geography.
Mar 20, 2013 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
AUDIO: New York’s Police Union Worked With the NYPD to Set Arrest and Summons Quotas AUDIO: New York’s Police Union Worked With the NYPD to Set Arrest and Summons Quotas
The department’s emphasis on numbers and the union's cooperation has led to millions of suspicion-less stop-and-frisks.
Mar 19, 2013 / Ross Tuttle
NYPD Surveillance of Muslims Has Created a Climate of Fear NYPD Surveillance of Muslims Has Created a Climate of Fear
A new report by civil liberties groups reveals self-censorship and decreased participation in community groups as a result of police hounding.
Mar 18, 2013 / Petra Bartosiewicz
Did the NYPD Entrap Ahmed Ferhani? Did the NYPD Entrap Ahmed Ferhani?
The government says he is a terrorist. But his conversations with undercover police tell a different story.
Mar 5, 2013 / Feature / John Knefel
Racism, Torture and Impunity in Chicago Racism, Torture and Impunity in Chicago
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is continuing the city’s tradition of refusing to apologize for the torture of scores of black men under police commander Jon Burge.
Feb 20, 2013 / Flint Taylor
Alabama Hostage Rescue: Using the Military at Home? Alabama Hostage Rescue: Using the Military at Home?
A slippery slope that ought to scare us all.
Feb 5, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
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Dangerous Rush to Legislate on Surveillance and Mental Health? Dean Spade [VIDEO] Dangerous Rush to Legislate on Surveillance and Mental Health? Dean Spade [VIDEO]
Involuntary mental health care and police profiling will not make the United States safer.
Dec 28, 2012 / Laura Flanders
Dean Spade: Why the Law Is Not Enough Dean Spade: Why the Law Is Not Enough
Our civil rights discourse must address the ways our institutions systemically oppress certain communities.
Dec 20, 2012 / Laura Flanders
Sandy Hook Must Push Us Toward the Collective and Away from Individualism Sandy Hook Must Push Us Toward the Collective and Away from Individualism
The urge to pull children from schools and arm oneself may be understandable, but we need to come together for solutions.
Dec 18, 2012 / Bryce Covert
The War on Drugs Is a War on Human Nature The War on Drugs Is a War on Human Nature
The unwinnable war transforms a freedom-loving republic into a freedom-fearing national security state.
Dec 10, 2012 / Lewis Lapham