What Happened to Promises to Disband the Minneapolis Police?
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How vows to reform public safety in the wake of George Floyd's killing devolved into modest cuts to the city's 2021 police budget
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NYPD Cops Cash In on Sex Trade Arrests With Little Evidence, While Black and Brown New Yorkers Pay the Price
Posted in: Culture FeaturesSome NYPD officers who police the sex trade, driven by overtime pay, go undercover to round up as many “bodies” as they can with little evidence. Almost no one they arrest is white
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The Untouchables: An Investigation Into the Violence of the Chicago Police
Posted in: Culture FeaturesWhy does the department protect its most dangerous cops while retaliating against officers who tell the truth?
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Cori Bush on Black Lives Matter, Ferguson, and Her Mission in Congress
Posted in: Politics FeaturesThe Democratic congressional candidate for the St. Louis area sits down with Rolling Stone for the "Next Wave" series, on the new leaders who will shape America's future
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Youth Organizers: Zoe-Raven Wianecki, OC Protest
Posted in: Culture FeaturesIn the latest episode of our video series, we take a look at Orange County, California and the youth-led work being done by Zoe-Raven Wianecki of OC Protests
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Youth Organizers: Taji Chesimet of Raising Justice
Posted in: Culture FeaturesWe look closer at youth-led work being done in Portland, Oregon
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Youth Organizers: Chelsea Miller and Nialah Edari of Freedom March NYC
Posted in: Culture FeaturesCo-founders discuss how they organized one of the largest youth-led civil rights organizations in New York
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Breonna Taylor’s Family, Louisville Settle Wrongful Death Suit for $12 Million, Policing Reforms
Posted in: Culture NewsCity will change warrant approval process, encourage police to live in city limits, hire social workers to help officers deal with certain calls — but the officers who killed her have still not been charged
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Over a Dozen Black and Latino Men Accused a Cop of Humiliating, Invasive Strip Searches. So Why Did the NYPD Keep Promoting Him?
Posted in: Culture FeaturesThe men said Assistant Chief Christopher McCormack touched them inappropriately during searches or ordered others to do so. 86 NYPD leaders have at least one credible misconduct allegation on file — McCormack has the most
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Police Unions Wield Massive Power in American Politics — For Now
Posted in: Politics FeaturesA brief history of how police unions became kingmakers in urban politics, and how a movement hopes to roll that power back
