policing

Watch: Cops and a Judge Demand Harm Reduction to Fight Overdose

The Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP) is a nonprofit organization of current and former police, judges, prosecutors and other justice…

August 31, 2019

Bigoted Facebook Post Shines Light on Sheriffs Who Run Our Jails

A recent discovery about an elected Georgia sheriff threw unflattering light on those charged with managing America’s jails, which chew…

August 29, 2019

As Major Report Estimates 5 Million Jailed Each Year, What Now?

At any given moment, there are roughly 600,000 people languishing in local American jails. About three-quarters of them have been…

August 26, 2019

Study Author Explains Extent to Which Police Violence Is a Public Health Hazard

On August 5, the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences published a study on police killings in the…

August 15, 2019

El Chapo’s Trial Was a Drug-War Propaganda Circus

Extraditing drug dealers from around the world to stand trial in the States is a cynical attempt to demonstrate that…

August 2, 2019

Inside the Philippines Prison That Sparked Duterte’s Murderous Drug War

Twenty-three thousand dead. That’s the latest estimate—and maybe a low one—of people killed by President Rodrigo Duterte’s Philippines drug war.…

July 17, 2019

How Oklahoma’s Top Prosecutors Gang Up Against Reform

Conservative district attorneys often seem like they are at one-on-one political war with their progressive challengers. But according to a…

July 16, 2019

“When They See Us” Depicts Gaslighting as a Form of Police Abuse

Listen to me, Tron. I need you to do what the police want you to do. You gotta say what…

July 11, 2019

Massive Philly Cocaine Bust Is Yet Another Action With Collateral Damage

Customs officials in Philadelphia made an unexpected discovery on June 18 during a routine inspection of a cargo ship arriving…

June 20, 2019

Could Ending Asset Forfeiture Be a First Step Towards Reparations?

Coinciding with Juneteenth, a day honoring the emancipation of enslaved peoples, Congress held the first hearing on reparations for Black…

June 19, 2019