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Open letter from advocates for unhoused people calls on Downtown shelter to stop kicking people out for ‘minor infractions’

Activist and community organizer Sam Schmidt and Howard Ramsey, currently living on the streets, both of the Our Streets Collective, leave Second Avenue Commons...

Supreme Court to consider whether local governments can make it a crime to sleep outside if no inside space is available

Like poverty, homelessness in the U.S. is not race-neutral. Black Americans represent 13% of the population but comprise 21% of people living in poverty and...

30 years later, Waco siege still resonates – especially among anti-government extremists

by Art Jipson, University of Dayton and Paul J. Becker, University of Dayton It may feel as though the 2024 presidential race has been underway...

Arming teachers – an effective security measure or a false sense of security?

by Aimee Huff, Oregon State University and Michelle Barnhart, Oregon State University In the wake of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde,...

Law enforcement lacks gender diversity

Female cops are statistically less likely to discharge their weapons and receive far less complaints than their fellow male officers. Studies have shown that...

Blackonomics…The change we’ve been waiting for

In light of the conversations about police abuse, unwarranted stops and arrests, and homicide cases involving Black people and police officers, many Black people...

To Be Equal…Rhetoric of race at the crossroads of police reform

(NNPA)—“Much research points to the widespread existence of unconscious bias…We all—White and Black—carry various biases around with us. I am reminded of the song...

Q&A: Why campus rape victims usually don't report

WASHINGTON (AP) — Only about 20 percent of campus sexual assault victims go to police, according to a new Justice Department report providing insight...

With exceptions, new policy widens profiling ban

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration released racial profiling guidelines for federal law enforcement agencies on Monday. The new policy broadens existing decade-old guidance...

Sending military equipment to police questioned

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Last week, Washington lawmakers grilled officials from the Defense Department (DOD), Homeland Security and the Department of Justice over programs that...

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