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Law-and-Order Policies Make Us Less Safe. The Trajectory of the ’90s Shows Why.
Across the U.S., Democratic politicians are embracing playbooks that put mass incarceration into overdrive in the ‘90s.
Biden Is Still Issuing Calls to Increase Police Funding
Racial justice advocates say both parties are exploiting “defund the police” for political gain.
The Plea Bargain Originated as a Means to Undermine Working-Class Solidarity
By making jury trials obsolete, plea bargaining allows the American criminal legal system to run on autopilot.
The Far Right Doesn’t Want to Defund FBI. They Want It to Follow Their Orders.
The FBI should be defunded. It has a legacy of repressing left movements. The right just wants to change its leadership.
Police Lied to Get the Warrant to Search Breonna Taylor’s Home
A judge issued a no-knock warrant based on the officers’ false statements.
There Are Good Reasons to Defund the FBI. They Have Nothing to Do With Trump.
The FBI was created to prop up a system of rule based on white supremacy, inequality, injustice and state violence.
Pressley Calls on Biden to Stop Allowing Military Weapons to Go to Police
The lightly regulated military-to-police weapons pipeline is estimated to be worth $20 billion.
Protesters in Ohio Are Met With Riot Police Following Killing of Jayland Walker
Demands for justice grow as released footage shows the 25-year-old Black man getting shot at least 60 times by police.
Here’s Why Arab Americans Like Me Are Supporting Efforts to Defund the Police
As an Arab American whose community has endured chilling surveillance, I back the movement to defund the police.
Capitol Police Arrest 181 Protesters Waging Sit-In for Abortion Rights in DC
Pro-abortion demonstrators across the country have been met with police violence as they protest the overturn of “Roe.”