Trump’s Jan. 6 Pardons Come As a “Betrayal” to Former Capitol Police
After President Donald Trump issued late-night pardons and commutations to every one of the 1,600 rioters who carried out the violent attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, police officers who were...
View ArticleA Police Officer Chased a Native Teen to His Death. Days Later, the Police...
In 2020, Blossom Old Bull was raising three teenagers on the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana. Her youngest son, Braven Glenn, was 17, a good student, dedicated to his basketball team. That...
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“You’re Here Because of Your Tattoos”
On Friday, March 14, Arturo Suárez Trejo called his wife, Nathali Sánchez, from an immigration detention center in Texas. Suárez, a 33-year-old native of Caracas, Venezuela, explained that his...
View ArticleElon Musk’s Secret Weapon: the US Marshals Service
As if Elon Musk didn’t already have enough advantages, between his billions and his leverage over President Donald Trump, he appears to have another ace up his sleeve: the US Marshals Service. In...
View ArticleEverything Changed After George Floyd. Five Years Later, What Have We Learned?
It’s been five years since George Floyd was murdered on a Minneapolis street in the Spring of 2020. Though far from novel, this particular act of state violence shocked the world and ignited one of...
View ArticleReport: Police Killings Rose in the Five Years After George Floyd’s Murder
Five years ago today, George Floyd, a 46-year-old unarmed Black man, was murdered by Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, in Minneapolis. The harrowing footage of the murder—in which Chauvin kneeled...
View Article“Madness”: A Retired Brig. General Slams Trump’s Military Power Grab
Retired Brigadier General Greg Smith spent 35 years in the Army National Guard. He’s seen riots. He’s protected political conventions. He led the military’s joint task force in response to the 2013...
View ArticleMurder Rates Could Hit Record Lows This Year, But Killings by Police Are Rising
There’s a good chance the United States will see the lowest murder rate it has ever recorded this year, a major change from the early pandemic, when killings skyrocketed. In 2023 and 2024, homicides...
View ArticleSenators Introduce a Bill Requiring Immigration Agents to Show Their Faces
Senate Democrats are introducing legislation today that would force immigration officers around the country to wear clear identification while making public arrests. The VISIBLE Act, introduced by...
View ArticleExperts Question the Legality of Deploying National Guard Officers as...
Last week, while touring “Alligator Alcatraz,” the new immigrant detention center in Florida, President Donald Trump said he approved of a plan to use National Guard officers as immigration judges in...
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