Policing

“The city’s handling of the storm has been deplorable,” says activist and former mayoral candidate India Walton.

A society based on human needs would help a retiree with a trivial household problem instead of sending cops.

As cannabis startups struggle, consumers get “legally” high on sketchy synthetics sold in prohibition states.

The Forest Defenders were urging Atlanta officials to invest in communities, not more policing.

After decades in prison, they were paroled and organized for immigrant rights. Pardons would prevent their deportation.

Prosecutions of Water Protectors in Aitkin County are seven times more likely to remain unresolved than other cases.

Evidence suggests the prosecutor in Mumia's trial bribed star witnesses to testify and wrongly excluded Black jurors.

Multiple U.S. cities have adopted a definition of antisemitism that silences Palestinians and expands surveillance.

City lawmakers voted to move the matter back to a rules committee, which could propose exploring it again in the future.

DHS and Silicon Valley have dumped money and new surveillance tech into local police departments across the country.