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Police Brutality
June 11, 2020
Kate Aronoff
Reactionary Unions Don’t Just Back Police. They Also Back Fossil Fuels.
The left-leaning labor movement is home to a few highly intransigent anti-reform groups. How should labor respond?
June 10, 2020
J.C. Pan
Small Acts of Care in a Failed State
What community solidarity in the wake of police violence and a devastated economy say about government malice
June 9, 2020
Nick Martin
The NFL Is for Cops
A weak statement about past wrongs is a joke and an insult to the movement against police violence and former players like Colin Kaepernick.
June 9, 2020
Andrew J. Bacevich
Will 2020 Finally Kill America’s War Fetish?
The U.S. has historically chosen war to address all kinds of problems: terror, drugs, unfriendly countries. This time is different.
June 8, 2020
Libby Watson
No Slogan Is Safe From Politicians
Mitt Romney tweeted that “Black Lives Matter.” D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser painted it on the street. But will they fight for true reform? (Probably not.)
June 5, 2020
J.C. Pan
After Defunding the Police, Nationalize Their Benefits
Police unions have secured some of the most robust benefit packages in the country. Why shouldn’t everyone have that?
June 4, 2020
J.C. Hallman
Minneapolis in the Aftermath
Scenes from the city in the wake of last week’s unrest
June 4, 2020
Kate Aronoff
Defunding the Police Is Good Climate Policy
Budgets are about to get tight. States and cities should direct money to programs that truly make communities more secure.
June 4, 2020
Matt Farwell
The Militarization of the American Hometown
As police everywhere roll through neighborhoods with battlefield hardware, an Afghanistan vet’s family learns there’s no escaping war.
June 3, 2020
Alex Pareene
The Police Take the Side of White Vigilantes
Over the past week, cops have shown that they share a coherent ideology.
June 2, 2020
Adam Weinstein
This Is Fascism
Trump is sending an unambiguous message to a country in turmoil—and his armed supporters, from cops to vigilantes, hear it loud and clear.
June 2, 2020
Alex Shephard
Bill de Blasio Has Failed
Like the president, New York City’s mayor has shrunk from sight amid anti-police protests.
June 1, 2020
Nick Martin
Tear Gas Doesn’t Deploy Itself
Mainstream press coverage of state violence tends to frame it as if it happened by magic.
May 31, 2020
Ryu Spaeth
America’s Social Contract Is Broken
The protests across the country are about more than police violence.
March 31, 2020
Magazine
Patrick Blanchfield
Policing and the English Language
The poisonous contradictions of coptalk
April 17, 2019
Clio Chang
Why Is Bill de Blasio’s Presidential Dream a Sad Joke?
The mayor of New York City was once a hero on the left. His inability to rouse interest in a run says a lot about him as a politician—as well as the current anxieties of the Democratic Party.
February 13, 2019
Kia Gregory
How Videos of Police Brutality Traumatize African Americans and Undermine the Search for Justice
August 30, 2018
Jo Livingstone
Crime + Punishment
Examines the Scourge of Police Quotas
A new documentary tells the story of cops who have blown the whistle on the NYPD's predatory tactics.
August 10, 2018
Matt Ford
Trump resumes his campaign against NFL players’ free speech.
June 21, 2018
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Ben Austen
Peace Officers
How one American city chose to tackle crime, combat racism, and reckon with the legacy of police brutality
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