Police and Law Enforcement

Tamir Rice Protest

Black Trauma Is Not a Lesson Black Trauma Is Not a Lesson

After a teacher made me watch the video of the killing of Tamir Rice, I realized I had to raise my voice against injustice.

Oct 4, 2022 / StudentNation / Kayla Ruano-Lumpris

The Coup Next Time

The Coup Next Time The Coup Next Time

The hard right is grooming the military and law enforcement for insurrection.

Sep 19, 2022 / Jeet Heer

A man waves a Russian national flag next to a burning barricade protesting Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry.

Haiti Is On Fire Again, and Again the US Does Nothing to Help Haiti Is On Fire Again, and Again the US Does Nothing to Help

Untroubled by the ballot, hugely unpopular, useless, negligent, and ruling without anything that could qualify as a functioning legislature, the country’s de facto prime minister, ...

Sep 14, 2022 / Amy Wilentz

Cyber Security

The Digital Soldiers Taking America’s Forever Wars Online The Digital Soldiers Taking America’s Forever Wars Online

In this online battles pace, victory is fleeting and defeat never final, but the casualties are all too real—of fact and truth, memory and reality.

Sep 14, 2022 / Andy Kroll

With Queen Elizabeth Gone, Monarchy’s Magic May Be Fading

With Queen Elizabeth Gone, Monarchy’s Magic May Be Fading With Queen Elizabeth Gone, Monarchy’s Magic May Be Fading

If the Crown is the lid on Britain’s pressure cooker, it is now less firmly placed on a more combustible pot.

Sep 13, 2022 / Owen Jones

Screens showing surveillance video

DHS Surveillance Increasingly Targets US Citizens DHS Surveillance Increasingly Targets US Citizens

The Department of Homeland Security and its component agencies are highly capable of keeping tabs on all of us—and they often do.

Sep 8, 2022 / Gaby Del Valle

A participant holding a “Defund the Police” sign at a protest

Why We Don’t Say “Reform the Police” Why We Don’t Say “Reform the Police”

Reforms that leave policing’s core functions in place will not prevent state violence against Black people. To build a better society, we must abolish policing altogether.

Sep 2, 2022 / Mariame Kaba and Andrea J. Ritchie

The ACLU Fights for Minneapolis

The ACLU Fights for Minneapolis The ACLU Fights for Minneapolis

Though international attention has waned, the battle over policing here still rages. Several lawsuits by the ACLU cut to the heart of what's at stake.

Aug 31, 2022 / Alyssa Oursler

A police looks at a series of row of monitors.

Defund the Police Algorithms Defund the Police Algorithms

Law enforcement is increasingly turning to software to surveil and anticipate crime. But a grassroots movement is emerging to resist algorithmic policing.

Aug 25, 2022 / Michelle Chen

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene

Republicans Ramp Up Their “Defund the FBI” Stunt Republicans Ramp Up Their “Defund the FBI” Stunt

Republicans aren’t being hypocrites about the FBI and the Mar-a-Lago raid—they’ve never truly cared about effective law enforcement.

Aug 23, 2022 / Kali Holloway

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