Tag: policing
We Are Nurses, Not Police. The US Methadone System Expects Otherwise.
Recent public attention to police brutality, systemic racism and oppression has brought calls for ...
Colorado Governor Pardons Thousands of People With Marijuana Convictions
Colorado Governor Jared Polis (D) took executive action on October 1 to pardon nearly ...
Ann Arbor, Michigan Decriminalizes Psychedelics—But Cuts Key Defunding Provision
On September 21, the City Council of Ann Arbor, Michigan voted unanimously to decriminalize ...
Breonna Taylor Travesty Must Renew Focus on the Racist Drug War
The grand jury’s decision in the Breonna Taylor case is infuriating. It was also, ...
Coalition: Investigate NYPD’s “Inherently Unreliable” Gang Database
A coalition of New York City advocates and scholars is calling on the city’s ...
The LEAD Program Faces a Reckoning for Centering Police
The murder of George Floyd and the explosion of protests against police terror led ...
Study: Police Violence Steals Millennia From Black Men’s Lives
The terror imposed on Black, Indigenous and other communities by the police is hard ...
“The Drum Beat in My Head Gets Louder”—Meet DPA’s New Leader
“Is it going to be Kassandra?” There’s a reason that question was asked over ...
New York Times Breonna Taylor Piece Embraces Drug-War Narratives
Remarkably, a recent 6,000-word New York Times investigative article about Breonna Taylor doesn’t mention ...
NYPD Reports Eight-Fold Increase in Use of Force for “Crowd Control” During Floyd Uprising
In the late spring and early summer, New York City, like the rest of ...
