Federal agents stand outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility Scarborough, Maine, one day after the shooting of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, Tuesday, July 14, 2026.

The Vet-to-Cop Pipeline

by Suzanne Gordon and Steve Early August 3, 2026August 10, 2026

Encourage veterans, including those with PTSD and brain injuries, to join law enforcement after they leave the military. What could go wrong?

Magazine

Gun Without a Trace

by Jamaal Abdul-Alim June 23, 2024June 23, 2024

Law and Justice

Police Need to Do a Better Job With Young People

by Shelley Jackson and Lisa H. Thurau August 10, 2023August 9, 2023

Law and Justice

Tyre Nichols, George Floyd, Police Abuse, and the Need to Redefine “Qualified Immunity”

by Orville Vernon Burton and Armand Derfner April 26, 2023April 25, 2023

Politics

Will Paul Vallas Be the Next Mayor of Chicago?

by Storer H. Rowley February 25, 2023February 26, 2023

Politics

Violent Crime and Mass Incarceration Must be Tackled Together

by Keith Humphreys February 6, 2023February 5, 2023

Martin Luther King Files and their sudden release raises question. The author, Leta McCullough Zeletsky, is in the files thanks to her father, an undercover Memphis police officer, who there when the civil rights leader was slain.

Politics

I Didn’t Watch the Video of Tyre Nichols

by Leta McCollough Seletzky January 30, 2023January 30, 2023

Politics

Mental Health Professionals Really Can Assume Some Police Duties

by Will Norris August 16, 2022August 16, 2022

Featured, Political Animal, Politics

The Rittenhouse Verdict Shows the Ridiculousness of American Gun Laws and Self-Defense

by David Atkins November 20, 2021January 12, 2022

Featured, Political Animal, Politics

The Vexing Obstacle to Police Reform: A Cop’s Miserable Life

by Gordon Witkin July 14, 2021January 9, 2022

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The Vet-to-Cop Pipeline

Gun Without a Trace

Police Need to Do a Better Job With Young People

Tyre Nichols, George Floyd, Police Abuse, and the Need to Redefine “Qualified Immunity”

Will Paul Vallas Be the Next Mayor of Chicago?

Violent Crime and Mass Incarceration Must be Tackled Together

I Didn’t Watch the Video of Tyre Nichols

Mental Health Professionals Really Can Assume Some Police Duties

The Rittenhouse Verdict Shows the Ridiculousness of American Gun Laws and Self-Defense

The Vexing Obstacle to Police Reform: A Cop’s Miserable Life

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