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Chicago Top Prosecutor Accused of Clearing 68 Killer Cops Fights to Keep Her Job
In 2008, Anita Alvarez became Chicago's first woman and first Latina state's attorney. After a tenure marred with cover-ups and controversy, many Chicagoans are no longer on her side. Now, whether she keeps her seat is up to the city.
The Islamic State, Cops, and the End of the World: What Americans Are Scared of This Week
Another week, another set of terrors.
It’s Not Just Ferguson: Protesting Police Violence in LA
Since 2000, the police in LA have shot and killed more than 500 people. It's in the wake of that violence, disproportionately directed toward poor communities of color, that hundreds of people took to the streets of downtown LA to protest police...
Stop Tasering Us, Police Bros
Tasers are designed to let officers take down violent perps without killing them, but they're often used by mean or lazy cops to neutralize such nonthreats as streakers, pregnant women who are pissed about parking tickets, disorderly ten-year-olds, the...