While NY State legislature weighs a new law for false police reports, restorative justice experts say their approach “needs to be the default in most situations where harm occurs.”
The Ugly Schadenfreude of ‘Cops’
America’s long-running reality TV show has been canceled. What can we learn from its life and death?
In Lieu of a Puerto Rican Day Parade, Activists Rally to Defund the Police
Latino labor and faith leaders, educators and sixties-era revolutionaries led hundreds of people during a Latinx and African diaspora…
Police Defunding Battle Heats Up at City Hall
Budget season is underway at City Hall and a bloody season of discontent rages in the streets. Months under…
Youth-Led Protest Calls for Defunding the NYPD
Teenage activist Tehreem Saleem wants the mayor to invest in communities not policing. She is not alone.
Op-Ed: Every Cop is a Criminal. All the Sinners Are Saints
In the eyes of the state, any violence is permissible in order to maintain control. The law is the…
I refused to see him die. I did not look at the newspapers in bodegas or on Facebook, or…
Queens Student Activist Gets NYC Pols to Return Cop Union Funds
Elected officials accept thousands of dollars each year from police. Aaron Fernando is calling them out.
Media-Darling Cop Terence Monahan’s Legacy of Brutality
He took a knee on Monday night at Union Square protests, garnering the effusive praise of Mayor Bill de…
America’s Unfinished Revolution: Where Do the George Floyd Protests Go From Here?
It takes but a few minutes for the ruling elite to recast collective calls for an end to state…