Media

Crime Is Way Down. Somebody Tell the NYT

Jim Naureckas / FAIR Jul 27, 2024 If you say “many Americans are worried about crime”, then many Americans are going to worry about crime—even when it’s in a steady 30-year decline. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Social Justice

Crime Victims May Lose Access to Vital Services As Federal Aid Drops

Amanda Hernández, Jennifer Shutt / Stateline May 23, 2024 Some state legislators want to establish permanent victim services funds. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Editorial Cartoons

NY State Crime

Adam Zyglis May 20, 2024 Dig deeper

Ear to the Ground

When Your Boss Turns Out to Be a Serial Killer

Tana Ganeva / Truthdig Sep 22, 2023 Examining serial killers past and present and how marginalized groups tend to be their most likely victims. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Editorial Cartoons

Trump Freedom Cities

Monte Wolverton Mar 6, 2023 Dig deeper

Opinion

Welcome to the Predator State

Michael Gould-Wartofsky / TomDispatch Feb 27, 2023 In their warlike tactics, special police units are virtually indistinguishable from their counterparts in the military. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Editorial Cartoons

Police Reform Failure

Kevin Siers Jan 30, 2023 Dig deeper

Fighting the Unprecedented ‘Proletarianization’ of the Human Mind

Leonid Bilmes / Los Angeles Review of Books Nov 15, 2019 In analyzing today’s politico-economic malaise, philosopher Bernard Stiegler uncovers how digital technology threatens the human spirit. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

4 Homeless Men Beaten to Death With Pipe in New York City

VERENA DOBNIK and REBECCA GIBIAN / The Associated Press Oct 5, 2019 The 24-year-old suspected assailant, who is also homeless, is in custody, accused of assaulting people as they slept in the Chinatown area. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Police Seek Motive After Teen Throws Boy From Tate Modern’s 10th Floor

The Associated Press Aug 5, 2019 The 6-year-old is in critical but stable condition after falling from the London museum's open-air terrace to a fifth-floor roof. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Manafort ‘Brazenly Violated the Law’ for Years, Mueller Memo Says

CHAD DAY and ERIC TUCKER / The Associated Press Feb 23, 2019 The sentencing document depicts President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman as an unrepentant criminal who does not deserve leniency. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

FBI Scientist Linked Defendants to Crimes When His Lab Results Didn’t

Ryan Gabrielson / ProPublica Feb 23, 2019 Court statements veered from the scientist's original conclusions in at least three cases. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )