The Infowars host and conspiracy monger is getting exactly what he deserves. A jury this week hit him with $50 million in damages—and the punishment has only just begun.

Crime is real. Democrats should work to fight it. But caving in to fearmongering from the right isn’t the way to do it.

The state’s tenth-richest guy was up—sort of—against the state’s richest guy. Then the richest guy moved to Florida. What now?

Most members of the Congressional Black Caucus agree that the ban is a great move. So why is Al Sharpton taking the side of R.J. Reynolds?

With Congress in gridlock, the administration will rely on executive orders—and a new ATF director—to deliver a win on firearm safety.

Hate crimes of all kinds, and against all kinds of people, are still far too prevalent in American society. And they are massively underreported.

Why did William F. Buckley campaign to free Edgar Smith?

John Darnielle’s new novel, “Devil House,” probes the moral implications of investigating a cold case.

The proposed reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act would allow tribal authorities to prosecute non-Native offenders for crimes against women and children.

Police unions, the retail lobby, and other critics of criminal justice reform have seized on viral images of package theft and shoplifting to push for a rollback of California’s efforts to reduce its prison population.

Like other progressive prosecutors, Alvin Bragg is trying to acknowledge that prison time doesn’t fight crime.

How the city’s media created public panic over a crime wave that wasn’t and dismantled Colorado’s storied juvenile justice system

How about we worry a little less about post-verdict demonstrations and a little more about the fascistic hate that is on the rise in the United States?

We are still living in the world that Walsh, and “America’s Most Wanted,” helped build: a paranoid populace that believes crime is everywhere and can only be solved through relentless policing.

The GOP wants to convince America that socialist, defund-the-police Democrats are responsible for rising crime. Political journalists are already sold.

A Peacock docuseries raises important questions about Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime associate, but the answers remain a maddening mystery.

The crime-reporting app has big plans: live broadcasts, for-hire private security details, and a growing user base of freaked-out customers. It’s building a paranoid, profitable future.

An impenetrable web of statistics is being used to deflect criticisms and reshape the media narrative around policing.

The U.S. is the venue of choice for cartels and kleptocrats. Now lawmakers want to use an agency called FinCEN to do something about it.

“I’m going to charge them with whatever felonies I can to take away their ability to vote.”