Hundreds of Activists and Elected Officials Call on Mayors and Cops to Decrease Police Power
More than 200 people sent letters to mayors, police chiefs, and county and sheriffs’ associations on Friday demanding concrete policy changes to policing.
Protests for Black Lives
The murder of George Floyd mobilized the Movement for Black Lives and inspired a national reckoning with police violence and impunity.
Buffalo Police Said Protester With Head Wound "Tripped and Fell." Video Shows They Lied.
Police officers in Buffalo, New York were caught on camera shoving a 75-year-old protester to the ground, injuring him at a protest against police brutality.
A Progressive Challenger Was Attacked for Calling to Defund the Police. She Won Anyway.
Janeese Lewis George’s opponents in her D.C. city council race sent mailers attacking her for being too radical on policing.
Voices
How Protests Over George Floyd's Killing Exposed Trump as a Lame-Duck Authoritarian
As any authoritarian knows, a real strongman needs to govern either through love or fear. Trump has done neither.
Voices
We Crunched the Numbers: Police — Not Protesters — Are Overwhelmingly Responsible for Attacking Journalists
Protests over the killing of George Floyd have seen attacks on the press spike. Our data shows police are responsible for more than 80 percent of them.
Voices
What is the Goal of the Protests, and Which Tactics are Morally Justified and Strategically Wise?
Two guests who have been providing illuminating commentary on the protests, Chloé Valdary and Ben Dixon, explore these questions.
Voices
Donald Trump Is an Autocrat. It's Up to All of Us to Stop Him.
Each incremental step toward dictatorship can be explained away. While it is happening, no one can quite believe that they are on the road to serfdom.
Deconstructed Podcast
Is This Trump’s Reichstag Fire Moment?
Is the president taking advantage of nationwide protests to advance an even more authoritarian agenda?
White House Forced to Retract Claim Viral Videos Prove Antifa Is Plotting Violence
Within minutes, journalists discovered that most of the viral clips of bricks included in a White House video had already been investigated and debunked.
NYPD Officers at George Floyd Protests Are Covering Their Badge Numbers in Violation of Own Policy
The National Lawyers Guild threatened to sue the city if NYPD officers did not end the widespread practice of covering their badge numbers.