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Criminal Justice
May 30, 2018
Jacob Schuman
America’s Shadow Criminal Justice System
How the “supervised release” program pulls tens of thousands of former inmates back into prison without a fair trial
May 11, 2018
Matt Ford
Starbucks, Yale, and the Abuse of 911 Against Black Americans
Many whites see the police as a tool to enforce a certain racial order.
May 3, 2018
Clint Smith
Wake Up, Mr. West!
How Kanye's ignorant comments fortify the most pernicious lies of white supremacy.
April 30, 2018
Matt Ford
How the Supreme Court Could Rewrite the Rules for DNA Searches
The arrest of the alleged Golden State Killer and a case currently before the court both raise questions about Fourth Amendment rights in the digital age.
April 27, 2018
Matt Ford
The death penalty continues to slowly die.
April 5, 2018
Matt Ford
Saheed Vassell’s death shows why police have too much discretion to kill.
April 3, 2018
Matt Ford
What London Can Learn From New York About Crime
Murder is rising in the British capital, and police are responding with a questionable tactic.
March 22, 2018
Matt Ford
Body-cam footage shows Sacramento police killing an unarmed black man.
March 21, 2018
Matt Ford
The Trump Administration’s Death Penalty Daydream
The president has called for capital punishment of drug dealers. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is trying to make that happen.
March 13, 2018
Matt Ford
More than two dozen criminal cases have been dropped because a police officer beat a jaywalker.
March 12, 2018
Matt Ford
The Case Against Jaywalking Laws
They're enforced disproportionately against black Americans, sometimes with fatal results.
March 2, 2018
Sarah Jaffe
The Gun Control Fight Is a Fight For Equality
The Parkland shooting has sparked another debate about guns—a debate mistakenly siloed from other issues that contribute to deadly violence.
August 30, 2017
Graham Vyse
Trump Wants to Re-Militarize the Police. Montana Is Having None of It.
A 2015 state law refused drones, grenade launchers, and other military gear. Some see it as a roadmap.
August 2, 2017
Magazine
Matt Wolfe
The Handshake
Why did Yousef Muslet face life in prison for an everyday gesture?
May 30, 2017
Graham Vyse
Donald Trump’s war on civil rights is intensifying.
May 22, 2017
David Dagan
How Far Can Jeff Sessions Take His Crime War?
A memo from 1982 sheds a harsh light on the Trump AG's crusade for “law and order" 25 years later.
May 12, 2017
Graham Vyse
Jeff Sessions is bringing back the War on Drugs.
April 17, 2017
Magazine
Steve Featherstone
Professor Carnage
Dave Grossman teaches police officers to think like "warriors." But is the rise of a militarized mindset turning black citizens into targets?
April 6, 2017
Magazine
Mark Binelli
The Fire Last Time
An elite police squad was supposed to clean up the streets of 1970s Detroit. Instead, it terrorized African Americans, and turned the city into a battleground.
April 6, 2017
Magazine
Peniel E. Joseph
Why Black Lives Matter Still Matters
Three years after BLM launched a nationwide uprising against police violence, what's next for the movement?
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