The Fraternal Order of Police, the country’s largest and most powerful police union, has had little to say about recent cases of police brutality or white supremacist violence.
Cities & Communities
Posted inEconomic Policy
Battling Blight in Memphis
Tennessee’s second-largest city has become a national model for eliminating the scourge of abandoned buildings and vacant lots.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Harvey Is Not a Natural Disaster
Much of Harvey’s devastation could have been avoided with an eye to how communities grow in hurricane-prone areas—and how they respond to the overwhelming needs of their most disadvantaged residents.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
On Monuments and Minimum Wages
Conservative lawmakers’ defense of Confederate monuments in the South is part of a larger subterfuge to undercut the power of liberal black cities. Â
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Trump Sets His Sights on Phoenix
Nothing good can come from a presidential visit by a man determined to lead the country to the dark side after Charlottesville.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Toppled! Ridding Durham of Its Racist Monument
The liberal city wanted it down; the GOP state legislature forbade that; activists found a way to end that impasse.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Trump, Walker, and the Foxconn Con
Republicans amp up their race-to-the-bottom approach to economic development.Â
Posted inWorking in America
Fiscal Purgatory in New York
How New York’s budget crisis was used to roll back expansive government Â
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
New Registry Will Track Flint Residents Exposed to Lead
Nearly two years after the first reports of Flint’s contaminated water, Michigan has finally received funding to create a registry for affected residents. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will award $14.4 million over four years to Michigan State University to create a registry for Flint residents exposed to lead-contaminated water. The water […]
Posted inEconomic Policy
Why Is There a Budget Crisis in Connecticut?
It’s one of the wealthiest states, but it’s shrinking—and the governing Democrats are divided over what to do.
