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August 21, 2024
Chicago Police Made Nearly 200,000 Secret Traffic Stops Last Year
Pascal Sabino
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June 6, 2024
A Michigan City Ended Low-Level Traffic Stops. Now the County Could Follow.
Pascal Sabino
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April 15, 2024
Behind Dexter Reed’s Police Killing, a Surge in Traffic Stops on Chicago’s West Side
Pascal Sabino
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March 22, 2024
Police Oversight in Florida Is Already Weak. The State Is About to Gut It Further.
Pascal Sabino
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December 4, 2023
“I’m Just Another Traffic Stop”
Pascal Sabino
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November 16, 2023
Promises to Scale Up Policing Stir Houston’s Mayoral Race
Michael Barajas
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October 13, 2023
Boston Mayor Backtracks on Ending Controversial Police Surveillance Center
Piper French
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August 31, 2023
Jeff Landry’s Bid for Louisiana Governor Has Been a Crusade Against Its Cities
Piper French
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July 21, 2023
On Policing, Brandon Johnson’s Progressive Promises Meet Their First Tests
Max Blaisdell
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May 19, 2023
California AG Ends San Francisco’s First Prosecution for an On-Duty Police Killing
Piper French
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May 8, 2023
Austin Voters Embrace Civilian Police Oversight in Saturday Election
Michael Barajas
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April 25, 2023
Police Killing Looms Over May DA Race in Eastern Pennsylvania
Alex Burness
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April 18, 2023
“Our Voices Don’t Matter”: Tennessee Moves to Gut Police Oversight
Piper French
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March 1, 2023
In Chicago’s Police Oversight Elections, Progressives Targeted by FOP Prevail
Max Blaisdell
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February 24, 2023
How the State Sanctions Police Violence
Piper French
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February 23, 2023
Chicago Election Puts Police Oversight in Voters’ Hands
Max Blaisdell
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February 9, 2023
The New DA of Memphis Wants to Break with the Past, to a Point
Piper French
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January 13, 2023
Oakland’s “Riders” Scandal and the Fraught Road to Police Reform
Piper French
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January 9, 2023
“Exercises in Futility”: Dallas Police Oversight Board Mired in Frustration and Inaction
Tyler Hicks
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November 5, 2022
In San Francisco, “No Intention to Seek Justice”
Piper French
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October 24, 2022
Oklahoma DA Candidate Runs on Dropping Charges Against Officers Who Killed 15-Year-Old
Dylan Goforth
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June 3, 2022
Meet the Other Two Northern California DAs Facing Law Enforcement Blowback
Piper French
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April 27, 2022
Activists Monitor the Revival of New York’s Notorious Plainclothes Police Squads
Tana Ganeva
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February 11, 2022
A New Mayor Makes Boston the Latest Test Case on Confronting Police Violence
Eoin Higgins
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June 17, 2021
On NYPD Oversight, Manhattan’s D.A. Candidates Are Split
Sam Mellins
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April 26, 2021
San Antonio Election Will Test Police Union Power This Saturday
James Russell
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November 5, 2020
How Criminal Justice Reform Fared at the Ballot Box on Tuesday
Daniel Nichanian
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Anna Simonton
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July 23, 2020
St. Louis Prosecutor Faces Voters, After Years of Sustained Fire from Police Union
Rachel M. Cohen
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June 4, 2020
How Unequal Perceptions of Protest and Violence Shape Black Lives Matter
Daniel Nichanian
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June 1, 2020
New York Senator Makes the Case for Defunding the NYPD
Daniel Nichanian
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