Police and Law Enforcement

Locked Up in New Orleans Locked Up in New Orleans

In response to a crime wave, police are imprisoning a record number of nonviolent offenders.

Aug 23, 2007 / Feature / Robin Templeton

MacArthur Park MacArthur Park

Advocates pushing for reform and immigrants clamoring for justice in the streets will not forget the recent violence in Los Angeles.

May 10, 2007 / The Editors

Philadelphia Law Philadelphia Law

The City of Philadelphia seems poised to pay the price for being an overzealous host to the GOP.

May 8, 2007 / Deb Schwartz

Surveillance Makes You Paranoid Surveillance Makes You Paranoid

Reports that New York police conducted sweeping nationwide surveillance of people suspected of anti-Bush sentiment in 2004 just might scare us into silence.

Mar 28, 2007 / Feature / Nicholas von Hoffman

Blackwater Down Blackwater Down

With military and law enforcement forces combing New Orleans in the wake of the storm, why did the federal government feel compelled to hire private security firms Blackwater USA a...

Sep 21, 2005 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill

Spying on the Protesters Spying on the Protesters

It's déjà-vu all over again: National Guard units and federal, state and local law enforcement are spying on antiwar activists.

Sep 1, 2005 / John S. Friedman

Reforming Three Strikes Reforming Three Strikes

In November, California voters will have their first chance in a decade to reform the state's "three strikes and you're out" law, which has imposed cruel life sentences on th...

Oct 14, 2004 / Louis Freedberg

Defying Convention Defying Convention

This article draws on reporting by Eyal Press, Esther Kaplan and Katha Pollitt.

Sep 2, 2004 / Liza Featherstone

The War on Dissent The War on Dissent

When New York City was announced as the site of the Republican National Convention back in January 2003, it seemed an odd choice of location.

Aug 26, 2004 / Nancy Chang

Justice in Philly (Finally) Justice in Philly (Finally)

Just a few months before this summer's Republican National Convention in New York, the last three protesters to go to trial on charges stemming from the GOP convention in Philade...

Apr 8, 2004 / Feature / Michael Blanding

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