Tag: Policing
Militarization has fostered a policing culture that sets up protesters as...
Tom Nolan, Emmanuel College
The unrest sparked by the death of George Floyd after being pinned to the ground by the knee of a Minneapolis...
The unintended consequences of marijuana decriminalization
Nikolay Anguelov, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
America’s decades-long war on drugs disproportionately harmed minorities. Now, it seems that decriminalization of marijuana hasn’t leveled the playing...
What policing during the pandemic can tell us about crime rates...
Tom Nolan, Emmanuel College
Social distancing orders in place across the U.S. have added to the long list of low-level offenses that police are charged...
College-educated cops enforce the law more aggressively
Richard Wright, Georgia State University; Richard Rosenfeld, University of Missouri-St. Louis, and Thaddeus L. Johnson, Georgia State University
In the wake of controversial and widely...
Why Detroit exploded in the summer of 1967
Jeffrey Horner, Wayne State University
When most people see the movie “Detroit,” it’ll likely be their first encounter with the events of July 1967, when...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s ‘God Squad’ pits energy vs. endangered species, but it’s a...
Dan Salas, University of Illinois Chicago
There’s a well-worn debate in U.S. politics that goes something like this: Would...
