Government on every level has failed us by investing in police instead of environmentally conscious community safety.
Policing
As cities consider a vaccine requirement for all city employees, police unions are promising to resist such measures.
President Joe Biden is visiting New Orleans, which is under curfew enforced by police and the National Guard.
Indigenous Water Protectors demanded action from Gov. Tim Walz and President Joe Biden during the Saturday rally.
Some Water Protectors see direct action as one of the few tactics that produces quick results.
An ACLU report found that border agents in Michigan were disproportionately detaining people of Latin American descent.
The ballot initiative would replace the city’s police department with a new “Department of Public Safety.”
For the past 35 years, drug testing has been an essential, yet largely under-examined, pillar of the “war on drugs.”
The expansion of the “hate” frame fuels repression. Fortunately, grassroots opposition is growing.
The rhetoric of “violent” vs. “nonviolent” is window dressing and doesn’t align with the ongoing realities of policing.