community policing

As early at 1955, government reports indicated that DC’s emerging drug problem represented “a serious and tragic and expensive and ominous” development.

Today, many politicians claim a community approach means soft on crime. Birmingham's Johnnie Johnson Jr. disagrees.

How calls for “real reforms” have resulted in measures that further shield police from real accountability.

Dan Berger interviews Stuart Schrader about his new book on US imperialism.

Senator Fred Harris describes his experience on the Kerner Commission, tasked with explaining the causes of urban riots in 1967.

DARE lost its once hegemonic influence over drug education, but it had long-lasting effects on American policing, politics, and culture.

American immigration policy towards Haitians has been cruel for decades.

Detroit police killed hundreds of unarmed Blacks during the civil rights movement. Their ability to get away with it shows why most proposals for police reform are bound to fail.

A century of failed liberal attempts at policing reform in Minneapolis suggests that none of the city’s current proposals will prevent another George Floyd.

As in the 1960s, the nation today stands at a turning point.

How Louisiana built a carceral state during the War on Crime.

Some police are becoming more vocal advocates of change. But the project of ending racial bias in policing is a decades-old one.

After the urban unrest of the Long Hot Summer, a commission was formed.