Tag: police

Columns

The Crime Wave That Wasn’t

Katya Schwenk

January 17, 2023

Burlington challenges the power of its police department.

Public Safety Dance

Wanda Bertram

August 11, 2022

Public “safety” for whom?

The Long Crisis on Rikers Island

Brendan O’Connor

May 12, 2022

How New York City lost control of its most infamous jail complex.

Unblinking Eyes

Felipe De La Hoz

March 08, 2022

Our urban crime panic is fueling an expansion of the surveillance state.

Body Horror

Patrick Nathan

September 28, 2021

In April, my city was occupied—again. It’s a bodily thing: you see soldiers with the same weapons used in mass shootings cradled in their arms, you see their armored transports camouflaged for occupied deserts, and you are overcome. To walk to the grocery store means ...

The Cop Did It

Matt Hanson

May 26, 2021

Powerful citizens are usually above suspicion.

A Fierce and Violent Land

Sergio González Rodríguez

May 24, 2021

An excerpt from Sergio González Rodríguez’s “El hombre sin cabeza.”

Between a Rock and a God Place

Theo Whitcomb

May 05, 2021

Rural Oregon’s war on the homeless.

Now for the Backlash

Rafia Zakaria

April 23, 2021

The GOP wants to crack down on protests against police brutality.

Armed and Dangerous

Rafia Zakaria

April 16, 2021

An afternoon of terror when detained by a corrupt Indiana cop.

Treating American Empire

Colette Shade

September 10, 2020

On providing therapy for agents of state violence.

Shoot First, Ask Questions Later

Dalia Hatuqa

July 30, 2020

Palestinians know not to expect justice from Israeli police.