The experience of our cities has been radically transformed by protest. Which visions of the future do these moments impart?

Cops and media elites have long enforced a demand for peaceful protest, without any regard for what those words mean.

A weak statement about past wrongs is a joke and an insult to the movement against police violence and former players like Colin Kaepernick.

The proposed legislation does little to reform the federal law enforcement agencies that have flooded the capital in recent weeks.

An abolitionist demand rose to mainstream prominence. Now every politician and cable news talking head is suddenly an expert.

The U.S. has historically chosen war to address all kinds of problems: terror, drugs, unfriendly countries. This time is different.

On peaceful protest, “outside agitators,” and the radical agency of the oppressed

How the elimination of constitutional rights became an irresistible argument in the world of mainstream ideas.

For too long, media outlets have treated cops with credulity and protesters with skepticism. That’s all changing.

On Pittsburgh, the canonization of Mario Lemieux, and stories white progressives like to tell

The paper’s staff is in an incandescent rage over the decision to publish an op-ed calling for the violent disruption of First Amendment rights.

Scenes from the city in the wake of last week’s unrest

“All anyone wants to talk about is freedom of the press, if I am angry, what I will do next. I am angry—but no more than I was this time last week.”

As police everywhere roll through neighborhoods with battlefield hardware, an Afghanistan vet’s family learns there’s no escaping war.

“The cops at the protest that day wouldn’t make eye contact. They were laughing at one point. I think they think this is funny.”

For many of his mainstream critics, Trump is forever on the verge of finally going too far.

Over the past week, cops have shown that they share a coherent ideology.

Law enforcement agencies have become the standing armies that the Founders feared.

Trump is sending an unambiguous message to a country in turmoil—and his armed supporters, from cops to vigilantes, hear it loud and clear.

Like the president, New York City’s mayor has shrunk from sight amid anti-police protests.