Occupied Territory: Why Chicago’s History Matters for Today’s Demands to Defund Police
On the latest episode of Intercepted, historian Simon Balto discussed his new book and the origins of Chicago police as a moralistic enforcement agency.
Justice
The War on Immigrants
As Coronavirus Surges in ICE Detention, a Message in the Skies Says “RELEASE”
An artistic intervention seeks to highlight places across the U.S. where immigrants and others are detained.
The Coronavirus Crisis
How the Coronavirus Became a Death Sentence at a GEO Group Halfway House
Two men have died from Covid-19 at the GEO Group’s Leidel Center in Houston. A third died just after coming home.
Protests for Black Lives
Months Ago, an Officer in Louisiana Shot a 14-Year-Old Boy. It Took the George Floyd Protests for People to Pay Attention.
The boy was wounded and still booked into jail. “They had me believing my child was shot in the street by someone and not an officer,” his mother said.
Protests for Black Lives
Seattle's CHOP Went Out With Both a Bang and a Whimper
Even before the police moved in to dismantle CHOP and take back Seattle's East Precinct, the Occupy-style protest was collapsing under its own weight.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Prison Officials in Kansas Ignored the Pandemic. Then People Started Dying.
For weeks, officials at Lansing Correctional Facility dismissed the coronavirus threat. Then almost 900 incarcerated men contracted Covid-19.
Protests for Black Lives
A North Carolina City Bans Protests, Protecting Confederate Monument
The Alamance County Sheriff’s Office threatened to arrest all protesters in the city of Graham, where a statue of Confederate soldier stands.
Supreme Court Upholds Abortion Rights but Leaves the Door Open to New Challenges
Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the fifth vote to overturn a Louisiana law, but his opinion still raised concerns among reproductive rights advocates.
In Buried Report, U.S. Government Admits Major Failures in Confronting Domestic Terrorism
The analysis offers an unusually self-critical view of gaps and weaknesses in the government’s response to homegrown terror threats.
Voices
I Am a Book Critic. Here's What Is Wrong With "Black Lists" -- and What Is Good.
We are in the era of Black Lives Matter, but anti-racism books should not hold value only in relation to troubled times.