police
Police Departments Surveilled Activists in the 1960s and 70s — and Erased The Records
"Just as police tracked civil rights, Black Power, feminist, and anti-war protesters in the 1960s and ‘70s, today they snoop on organizers taking a stand against ICE, Israel’s war on Palestine, and Atlanta’s Cop City."
By Joshua Clark Davis
Assata Shakur Was a Black Revolutionary Who Fought for Freedom Even in Exile
“Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.”
By Marian Jones
How ICE Raids Are Making It Easier for Civilian Men to Assault Immigrant Women
"This phenomenon is only possible because of the outsized power that state agents have always had to abuse and control women and victims' bodies," argues Kylie Cheung.
By Kylie Cheung
Why Lil Nas X's Arrest Is More Proof Police Have No Business Treating the Mentally Ill
"Police generally aren’t trained or qualified to respond to mental health crises."
By Lex McMenamin
What the 2020 Protests Can Teach Us About Protesting Today
“It is up to us to change everything. But, against the doomers, I believe in this moment we may be uniquely poised to do so.”
By Lex McMenamin
How the George Floyd Protests Prepared Us for This Moment of State Violence
Our collective actions are part of an ongoing struggle and resistance, not a final resting place.
By Olayemi Olurin
I Spent $100,000 Trying to Solve My Dad’s Murder
I’ve poured everything I have into finding out what happened to my dad on July 11, 2002.
By Madison McGhee
How to Sniff Out ‘Copaganda’: When the Police and the Media Manipulate Our News
"By cherry-picking anecdotes, news reports can distort our interpretation of the world."
By Alec Karakatsanis
What It's Like as a Recent Grad to Work With Clients Facing Years in Prison
Here’s what surprised me most about my job.
By Sarah Mares
The True Story of the Only Black Police Precinct in U.S. History
The officers at the Miami precinct were not allowed to arrest white citizens.
By Vanessa Contreras and Terrance Cribbs-Lorrant
Trump’s Mass Deportations Are Coming. Here’s What We Can Do.
This moment calls for action.
By Irene Franco Rubio and Silky Shah
How to Keep Tabs on ICE Agents Who May Be Surveilling Your Neighborhood
Here’s a step-by-step guide.
By Nikki Marín Baena
The Secret History of How Activists Fought for the Rape Kit
For centuries, legal authorities performed “medical” tests to judge the character of victims.
By Pagan Kennedy
Trump Has Promised to Target ‘the Radical Left.’ What Could That Look Like?
Activists are preparing for the worst with Trump’s second term.
By Kandist Mallett
Why Does the UnitedHealthcare CEO'S Death Matter More Than Jordan Neely's?
The difference in media treatment, and in punishment, for killing seems to depend on how much money the person was worth.
By Lex McMenamin
How Police Put Autistic People Like My Brother in Danger
Police interactions put young people like my brother at risk.
By Nancy A. Parker
If You Plan to Protest at the DNC, Read This First
Chicago police have a troubling history of targeting protesters.
By Kandist Mallett
Sonya Massey And Kamala Harris Are Two Sides of America’s Police Crisis
Both lives are woven into a culture of violence against people of color.
By Angie Jaime
Mask Bans Are an Insult to Disabled People and Protesters Alike
The bans threaten disabled people and protesters alike.
By Alice Wong
We Opened an Abolitionist School. Then They Jailed One of Our Own.
"How can we push back today on this repression and the ideas that underpin it?"
By W.E.B. Du Bois Movement School for Abolition & Reconstruction