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Black Lives Matter
January 20, 2016
Steven Cohen
Find out what your local government does—and, more importantly, doesn’t do—to limit the use of force by police.
January 18, 2016
Steven Cohen
The Democrats finally got around to mentioning “structural racism” Sunday, but they still didn’t debate it.
January 15, 2016
Steven Cohen
Are Democrats being too smug about their demographic advantages?
January 15, 2016
Bijan Stephen
Two hours into the 6th GOP debate and no mention of Black Lives Matter.
January 15, 2016
Steven Cohen
The Ferguson Effect gets the Trump treatment.
January 14, 2016
Steven Cohen
Does it even matter what and when Rahm Emanuel knew about Laquan McDonald’s death?
January 12, 2016
Steven Cohen
The Alabama police chief who shot Cameron Massey in 2013 also shot an unarmed black man 30 years earlier.
January 6, 2016
Adam Peck
Sandra Bland’s arresting officer has been indicted for perjury.
December 30, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Under immense pressure, Rahm Emanuel rolls out reforms to reduce police shootings.
December 29, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Jason Van Dyke, the Chicago police officer charged with the murder of Laquan McDonald, pleads not guilty.
December 28, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Critics slam Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish’s misuse of a Martin Luther King Jr. quote as unrest roils in the wake of the Tamir Rice non-indictment.
December 23, 2015
Steven Cohen
The Washington Post
exposes yet another gaping hole in police violence statistics: the frequency of repeat shooters.
December 22, 2015
Steven Cohen
Police kill black people. Whether black people do, too, is irrelevant.
December 20, 2015
Steven Cohen
Why can’t Democrats speak out against the Ferguson Effect?
December 15, 2015
Ryu Spaeth
Things got ugly at last night’s Trump rally. The words “Sieg heil!” were uttered.
December 14, 2015
Steven Cohen
What does it take to get a police brutality conviction in Chicago?
December 9, 2015
Steven Cohen
Rahm Emanuel has reached the public apology stage of the Laquan McDonald controversy.
December 7, 2015
Steven Cohen
The Justice Department is launching a civil rights probe into the Chicago police department. Finally.
December 2, 2015
Steven Cohen
The Next Fight for Racial Justice: Police Union Reform
Deep in the weeds of union contract agreements lie provisions that protect cops from oversight.
December 2, 2015
Muna Mire
Watching Cops Can Be Harmful to Your Health
Even seeing police violence is bad for you.
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