Tear down a Confederate flag in Florida and a protester could be headed to prison. It’s all part of the same national movement to silence dissent in the wake of the George Floyd uprising.
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Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Ex–Treasury Secretary Leads Massive Private Security Deal
Tim Geithner leads the private equity firm backing the acquisition of private security firm G4S by Allied Universal, creating one of the largest private employers in the world.
Posted inPolitics
The ‘Progressive Multiplier’: How Democrats Can Defeat Trumpism
Democrats need their governing agenda to serve the additional function of expanding progressive political power.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Rise of the Private Police
In South Africa, private security companies have eclipsed the police force, threatening the state’s democratic authority and replicating apartheid-era racial inequality. Is the U.S. next?
Posted inBooks
A Conversation With Rosa Brooks
Prospect co-founder Robert Kuttner interviews the author of the new book ‘Tangled Up in Blue,’ on police reform.
Posted inCoronavirus
Federal Mask Mandate Is No Defense Against Hostile Riders
The mandate gives transit, passenger rail, and airline employees new levels of authority. But enforcement remains a major challenge for anyone dealing with screaming, punching, or worse.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Progressive Policing Requires a Well-Funded War on Corporate Crime
Under Reagan, the feds paid cities to make drug busts. Under Biden, the feds should pay cities to crack down on wage theft.
Posted inAmerica and the World
The Arab Spring Isn’t a Historical Event. It’s Our Life.
Ten years later, an exiled Egyptian novelist reflects on Mubarak’s fall.
Posted inPolitics
Trump Tries to Defund the Police on His Way Out
He also wants to cut money for global COVID vaccination.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Cops and Fascists? Cops Against Fascists? Which Is It?
The Capitol takeover may signal a rift between the far right and groups of cops, but these affinities aren’t going away.
