Police and Law Enforcement

The Death of Glenn Foster

The Death of Glenn Foster The Death of Glenn Foster

The former NFL player was killed in police custody. His family and friends and trying to piece together what happened.

Dec 14, 2021 / LeAlan M. Jones

Mark Essick

Systemic Sadism at the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office Systemic Sadism at the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office

As the trial begins today of one officer accused of beating a man to death for the “crime” of driving his own car, a new PBS documentary flips the script on a department lionized b...

Dec 10, 2021 / Tom Gogola

BLM Protest

How I Fight Racism in the World and Within Me How I Fight Racism in the World and Within Me

After George Floyd was killed, I questioned ways I’d been toning down my Blackness.

Nov 25, 2021 / StudentNation / Eli Elvin

Heather Heyer Way in Charlottesville

The Whiniest Nazis Could Still Destroy Our Country The Whiniest Nazis Could Still Destroy Our Country

It’s easy to mock the white supremacists on trial for planning the deadly Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville—but that shouldn’t distract us from how frightening they are.

Nov 22, 2021 / Joan Walsh

Who Can Purchase a Gun?

Who Can Purchase a Gun? Who Can Purchase a Gun?

Lowest bar, highest death toll.

Nov 22, 2021 / OppArt / Ron Hauge

Kyle  Rittenhouse Has Gotten Away With Murder—as Predicted

Kyle Rittenhouse Has Gotten Away With Murder—as Predicted Kyle Rittenhouse Has Gotten Away With Murder—as Predicted

Rittenhouse’s acquittal is not a “miscarriage” of justice, as some might claim. It is our white justice system working as intended.

Nov 19, 2021 / Elie Mystal for The Nation

There’s Still Time to Save Julius Jones

There’s Still Time to Save Julius Jones There’s Still Time to Save Julius Jones

Julius Jones’s execution is scheduled for today. More than 6 million people have signed a petition pleading for Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt to call it off.

Nov 18, 2021 / Karlos K. Hill and Julius Jones

Cop Shooting Pistol

A Cop Is Finally in Trouble for Using Excessive Force—Against Dogs A Cop Is Finally in Trouble for Using Excessive Force—Against Dogs

Why can’t we expect at least this much from the courts when it comes to Black people?

Nov 17, 2021 / Column / Elie Mystal

Jacob Frey

Minneapolis May Have Rejected That Referendum on the Police Minneapolis May Have Rejected That Referendum on the Police

But the activists’ vision of alternative policing lives on.

Nov 16, 2021 / Ibrahim Hirsi

Protest on the one-year anniversary of George Floyd's death

Where “Defund” Isn’t Dead Where “Defund” Isn’t Dead

Though the politics of police reform have shifted since a year ago, the movement to find new ways to ensure public safety is winning a number of fights in cities across the country...

Nov 16, 2021 / Feature / Bryce Covert

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