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Kaila Philo

Kaila Philo is a journalist based in Washington, D.C., with a focus on the intersections of race, law, history and culture.

A boy with a determined face squeegees the windshield of a car.

Plight of the Squeegee Kids

In 1982, political scientist James Q. Wilson and criminologist George Kelling published an essay in The Atlantic outlining a new form of policing that aimed to preempt a perceived threat. They argued that “disorder and crime are usually inextricably linked,” and that, ...