Police and Law Enforcement

Police Out Of School Protest

Why Are There Cops in Schools? Why Are There Cops in Schools?

If our schools need additional counselors and mentors, turning to police is far from the most suitable choice.

Jun 18, 2021 / StudentNation / Cassidy Morales

Hollow Thoughts and Prayers

Hollow Thoughts and Prayers Hollow Thoughts and Prayers

Government inaction as mass shootings mount.

Jun 7, 2021 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Police D.C.

The Misplaced Hope of Understanding Police From the Inside The Misplaced Hope of Understanding Police From the Inside

Law professor Rosa Brooks became a volunteer cop to show how policing might be fixed. But are the police beyond reform?

Jun 3, 2021 / Katie Way

Black Consciousness

Black Consciousness Black Consciousness

Wisdom and rage.

Jun 2, 2021 / OppArt / Isis Davis-Marks

Black Lives Matter

Black Lives Matter Black Lives Matter

What Ahmaud Arbery could have been.

May 26, 2021 / OppArt / Keith Henry Brown

Keith Ellison: On the Other Side of Criminal Justice Reform and Transformation Is a Safer Society

Keith Ellison: On the Other Side of Criminal Justice Reform and Transformation Is a Safer Society Keith Ellison: On the Other Side of Criminal Justice Reform and Transformation Is a Safer Society

The attorney general who organized the prosecution of Derek Chauvin for murdering George Floyd makes the case for police accountability.

May 26, 2021 / John Nichols

Israel arrests Palestinian

The War on Palestinians Continues—Now in the Form of Mass Arrests The War on Palestinians Continues—Now in the Form of Mass Arrests

Israel says the campaign of mass arrests is about “law and order,” but Palestinians know it is about quashing dissent inside the state.

May 25, 2021 / Abir Kopty

A Few Words for the Firing Squad

A Few Words for the Firing Squad A Few Words for the Firing Squad

A new South Carolina law forces people on death row to choose between firing squad and electric chair if lethal injection drugs aren’t available.

May 24, 2021 / Alexandra Klein and Brandon Hasbrouck

Thoughts and Prayers Again and Again

Thoughts and Prayers Again and Again Thoughts and Prayers Again and Again

Hypocrisy and inaction on guns.

May 24, 2021 / OppArt / Gary Taxali

The Color of Fear

The Color of Fear The Color of Fear

Was George Floyd allowed to be afraid? Why do Black folk have to be automatons to make sure police don’t read our “flight” responses as “fight” responses?

May 24, 2021 / Joshua Adams

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