Tag: crime
Spotty data and media bias delay justice for missing and murdered...
Wendelin Hume, University of North Dakota
No one knows just how many Indigenous girls or women go missing each...
SUV tragedy in Wisconsin shows how vehicles can be used as...
Mia Bloom, Georgia State University
Police have yet to confirm what caused a driver to plow a red SUV...
More guns, pandemic stress and a police legitimacy crisis created perfect...
Justin Nix, University of Nebraska Omaha
Homicides in the U.S. spiked by almost 30% in 2020.
Racism is behind anti-Asian American violence, even when it’s not a...
Pawan Dhingra, Amherst College
Over the past year, attacks on Asian Americans have increased more than 150% over the...
Netflix series ‘Last Chance U’ speaks to the reality of athletes...
Rob Book, University of Southern Denmark
The concept behind Netflix’s hit docuseries “Last Chance U” is simple: Locate a...
Companies accused of crimes get more digital privacy rights than people...
Sarah Esther Lageson, Rutgers University - Newark and Elizabeth Chiarello, Saint Louis University
Corporations increasingly receive the same rights as people. Now, it seems,...
Faith-based ‘violence interrupters’ stop gang shootings with promise of redemption for...
Deanna Wilkinson, The Ohio State University
The July 4 weekend was one of the deadliest in recent U.S. history, with 160 people, including several small...
We spoke to hundreds of prison gang members – here’s what...
David Pyrooz, University of Colorado Boulder and Scott H. Decker, Arizona State University
The United States incarcerates a larger proportion of its citizens than any...
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The John Birch Society is still influencing American politics, 60 years...
Christopher Towler, California State University, Sacramento
The retired candy entrepreneur Robert Welch founded the John Birch Society 60 years ago to push back against what...
