The Origins of Stop-and-Frisk
Racist policing has a long lineage in urban America.
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Chesa Boudin Wants to Transform San Francisco’s Criminal Justice System
Chesa Boudin is a socialist and the child of revolutionaries. Now he’s running for San Francisco district attorney on a platform of ending cash bail and undoing the war on drugs.
The Grim Timeliness of “Noir and the Blacklist”
A new Criterion series of McCarthy-era noir films is a timely collection for an era of rising government repression — though you wouldn’t know it from Criterion’s oddly subdued promotion.
Bill Clinton’s Stone Mountain Moment
In 1992, Bill Clinton spoke from the mecca of American white supremacy to launch his "tough on crime" agenda.
Joe Biden Is Falling into Donald Trump’s Law-And-Order Trap
Despite Trump’s posturing, crime is nowhere near top of mind for most of the American electorate. So why is Joe Biden running on a triangulating law-and-order message?
The DOJ Is Letting McKinsey Opioid Consultants Off the Hook
The Biden administration’s Justice Department is allowing global consulting firm McKinsey to defer prosecution for its extensive role in fueling the opioid epidemic.
The Deadly Genealogy of Bolsonaro’s Favorite Slogan
Brazil's fascist president loves to say that “a good thug is a dead thug.” But the saying didn't start with him — it has deep roots in Brazil's violent, racist political economy.
Tiffany Cabán Will Put the System on Trial
District attorneys usually wield their power against working people. If Tiffany Cabán wins election for Queens district attorney tomorrow, she’ll use it to fight mass incarceration.
Modi Is Making Dissent in India a Crime
Narendra Modi’s government is clamping down on political dissent as part of its Hindu-nationalist project. The Indian authorities have used bogus charges of “terrorism” and “conspiracy” to keep critical intellectuals locked up for years at a time.
Where Standing Up for Kurdish Rights Is a Crime
In Germany, that supposed bastion of liberal democracy, the state treats standing up for Kurdish rights as tantamount to terrorism — and hits activists with house searches, imprisonment, and even deportation.
Saint Omer Has Secured Alice Diop’s Place as One of France’s Best Filmmakers
Alice Diop made her name making subversive documentaries about multicultural working-class France. Her latest film, Saint Omer, fictionalizes a trial that led to a national scandal: a Senegalese-born woman who claimed witchcraft led her to murder her child.
Zohran Mamdani Knew How to Handle Donald Trump
Donald Trump loves to pick “winners” and “losers.” And right now, in the eyes of the American people, Trump can sense that he is a loser and Zohran Mamdani is a winner.
Is This the Best Way to Prosecute Trump?
Sure, lock him up. Trump certainly deserves it. But it’s not clear this indictment is the best way to prosecute him.
No More Eric Garners
To end police violence, we must end policing as we know it.
New York City, Stop Hassling the Poor and Make Transit Free
New York mayor Eric Adams and the city’s transit authorities have launched a zealous crackdown on “farebeating.” It’s exactly the wrong policy for a time of towering inequality and climate transition. Public transit should be free to all.
The Demilitarization Ruse
President Obama touts Camden as a model of police demilitarization. But the city has taken counterinsurgency surveillance to a new level.
Wall Street Wants to Keep White-Collar Criminals in Charge of Your Retirement
A new federal proposal would punish banks that have committed crimes by preventing them from managing retirement funds. Wall Street disagrees — and is deploying an army of lobbyists to block the proposal.
Barbies and Bullets
In Colombia and around the world, right-wing paramilitaries and traffickers have adopted a populist feint to win over the communities they terrorize.
The Left Must Stand With the Ukrainian People and Against Putin’s War
Socialists’ first task in Vladimir Putin’s appalling war on Ukraine: provide unconditional solidarity with its victims.
Hasan Piker’s Detention and the Attack on the 4th Amendment
Decades of precedent, from RICO to asset forfeiture to “good faith” exceptions, have normalized warrantless search and gutted the Fourth Amendment. Hasan Piker’s detainment is the latest proof that constitutional rights are now largely a legal fiction.