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Shutterstock / The Atlantic Why It Matters That So Many People Are Donating to Bail Funds
The popularity of these donations signals a quietly radical shift in many people’s attitudes toward American policing.
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Phobymo The Double Standard of the American Riot
The nationwide protests against police killings have been called un-American by critics, but rebellion has always been used to defend liberty.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters The Anti-Sanctuary-Cities Bill That Outlawed Dissent
A federal court enjoined much of a Texas law that punished officials who dared “endorse” the view that its provisions were harmful to public safety.
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John Moore / Getty Images It's Almost Impossible for Inmates to Get a Divorce
The average prisoner has neither the power to compel transportation to court nor the money to hire an attorney. But one Chicago court may have found a fix.
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Jeff Roberson / AP Lawmakers Grill Defense Officials on Equipment-Transfer Program
Members of a House committee expressed their concerns over a recent report revealing holes in how the agency turns over unused military gear to law enforcement.
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Terray Silvester / Reuters Should Indian Reservations Give Local Cops Authority on Their Land?
To combat crime on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, the tribe is considering partnering with area law enforcement. But the proposal would need to overcome members’ wariness of state encroachment on their sovereignty.
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Robert F. Bukaty / AP When Are You Too Stoned to Drive?
The question is proving difficult for police, and the courts, to answer.
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Mark Foley / AP What Jeff Sessions's Role in Prosecuting the Klan Reveals About His Civil-Rights Record
Defenders of Trump’s choice for attorney general have cited an Alabama lynching case as evidence of his commitment to racial equality. The real story is more complicated.
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Jeff Roberson, Andres Kudacki, Evan Vucci, Charles Rex … The Year in Race, Identity, and Criminal Justice
Selections from The Atlantic’s coverage of 2016, when longstanding tensions over race and identity erupted into conflict.
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Courtesy of Chicago Torture Archive A Digital Archive Documents Two Decades of Torture by Chicago Police
Amid continued accusations of police misconduct, the force must contend with a digital rehashing of a sordid chapter in its history.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters The Justice Department Corrects for a Use-of-Force Blind Spot
A new program might signal the feds’ readiness to get more involved in local policing practices.
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Adrees Latif / Reuters Has the 'Ferguson Effect’ Finally Been Debunked?
Two sets of data out this week poke holes in the popular theory.
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Jeffrey Phelps / AP Police Brutality Leads to Thousands Fewer Calls to 911
It might be making neighborhoods less safe.
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Tim Sharp / Reuters What the FBI's Crime Numbers Mean in One City
Homicides are up nationally, along with other violent crimes—and a close look at San Antonio provides some context.
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Jason Miczek / Reuters ‘How Can This Go On in America?’
A new book highlights the need for prophetic voices in a time of racial violence.
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Sue Ogrocki / AP A Manslaughter Charge for the Cop Who Shot Terence Crutcher
Tulsa Officer Betty Shelby faces a minimum of four years in prison if she’s convicted in the death of the unarmed black man.
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Gerry Broome / AP Criminal Justice Is Becoming a 'Latino Issue'
Yet there’s still a great deal we don’t know about Latinos and the criminal justice system.
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Trump Time Capsule #105: Two Big Bold Lies
I think this day, 52 days before the election, is one that people will look back on. At his press…
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David J. Phillip / AP The $1.9 Million Settlement in the Sandra Bland Case
The agreement, if approved, would require reforms of the Texas state police and the jails in Waller County, where she died in 2015.
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Andrew Nelles / Reuters Did Chicago Cops Try to Cover Up the Shooting of Laquan McDonald?
A grand jury will decide whether officers should be charged for lying about the October 2014 death of a 17-year-old.
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