Arrest targets compound the risk of racially biased stop-and-frisk.
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Report: Judicial Elections Fuel Anti-LGBT Bias
The chief justice of Alabama’s highest court, who once called lesbian parents “immoral,” “detestable,” and “inherently evil,” has been suspended without pay following his February directive to the state’s probate judges to stop issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. State Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore’s removal from the bench last month came within a […]
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Will Black Lives Matter to the Supreme Court?
Three cases provide cues on how the Court may handle race and criminal justice questions that are roiling the country.
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As License-Plate Tracking Increases, Privacy Advocates Press for More Regulation
The powerful, largely unregulated technology poses significant privacy and civil liberty risks.
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High Court Hears Case Challenging Discriminatory Testimony
A case now being argued before the Supreme Court challenges the constitutionality of supposedly “expert” testimony claiming that race can determine a criminal’s danger to society.
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Obama’s Dangerous Drone Policy
President Obama is winding down his final term with a push to curb nuclear weapons and close detention facilities, but his overreliance on military drones threatens to tarnish his administration’s foreign-policy legacy.
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Violence, Mass Incarceration, and the Myth of Monstrosity
To achieve true criminal justice reform, we must first confront the violence in our country’s past and present.
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New World (Dis)Order
In 1991 George H.W. Bush promised a “New World Order.” A quarter of a century later, we’re finally catching a glimpse of it—like it or not.
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Community Policing in a Time of Crisis
Community policing programs can improve relations between police officers and residents, but current tensions underscore the challenges.
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Q&A: The Economic Consequences of Denying Teachers Tenure
A California court recently reversed a decision that would have weakened teacher employment protections. Economist Jesse Rothstein discusses the tradeoffs between job security and attracting new teachers.