J. Edgar Hoover

The film “deliberately maligned the upper class,” according to a report that didn’t like the portrayal of Mr. Potter as a bad guy.

Can a system built on racial violence actually deliver justice?

As wartime labor shortages depleted police forces, and fear of crime grew, chiefs turned to new initiatives to strengthen and professionalize their officers.

Orisanmi Burton reflects on the legacy of the Panther 21 on the 50th anniversary (to the day) of their acquittal.

A new biography of Joseph McCarthy does not reckon with the devastating effects of anti-communism.

Fifty years ago this week, a squad of Chicago police officers killed Black Panther leader Fred Hampton.

Working-class radicalism once transcended nativist division — and can do so again.

A hundred years ago, the Palmer Raids imperilled thousands of immigrants. Then a wily official got in the way.

The Nixon impeachment proceedings and their parallels with the Trump-Ukraine scandal.

When modern conservatives associate activists of color with communism, they’re drawing on a racist history that goes back over 100 years.

Revealing these materials could be considered “Hoover’s revenge.”

Looking at a scientist’s FBI file.

Unfair maneuver or a strong warning to would-be criminals?

Elder Michaux, a popular black evangelist, aided the bureau's campaign to destroy King's reputation.

Coretta Scott King described “a major, high-level conspiracy in the assassination of my husband.” The King children remain certain of that, too.

At the height of the Black Power movement, the Bureau focused on the unlikeliest of public enemies: black independent booksellers.

Presidents who take on the Bureau rarely win.

The long history of law enforcement's complicity in the affairs of right-wing insurgents.

James Comey’s testimony joins the pantheon of dramatic congressional moments.

A section of D.C.’s Congressional Cemetery has become a gathering place for honoring LGBT activists.