The Policing Project has released a report finding that Chicago lacks a strong community policing program and expects police officers to perform too many duties that take them away from their mission of addressing serious crime.

Reporting by Oregon's Rogue Valley Times took a close look at two lawsuits challenging domestic surveillance by law enforcement in the state, including our case on behalf of social justice, indigenous rights, and environmental advocates.

This summer, we’re reflecting on a year in which – despite challenging political environments across the country – we were able to make real strides in legislatures across the country and build off last year’s successes.

The profoundly disturbing police killing of Sonya Massey in her own home is a complete failure of policing and of humanity. 

Just the latest incident of a police officer killing an unarmed Black person, it is rightly raising fundamental questions about policing in America. It’s also, however, raising questions about whether Sean Grayson – the sheriff’s deputy who killed Massey – should have even been allowed to serve as a police officer in the first place.