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Police Unions
October 6, 2021
Esther Wang
Police Unions’ Latest Grievance: Vaccine Mandates
We’ve heard this story before, when police said criminal justice reform would lead to mass resignations.
May 14, 2021
Magazine
Nikhil Pal Singh
Are Liberal Cities Turning Against Their Progressive Prosecutors?
District attorneys in San Francisco and Philadelphia promised to overturn decades of tough-on-crime policies. Now, as violent crime rises, they may be kicked out of office.
October 20, 2020
Magazine
Sam Adler-Bell
How Police Unions Bully Politicians
Can cop associations’ dirty tactics survive a new era of protest?
September 7, 2020
Kim Kelly
The Future of Labor Is Growing in South Dakota
Kooper Caraway, the head of the state’s AFL-CIO, is done with thinking small.
June 27, 2020
Matt Ford
America Has a Secret Police Problem
There’s a lot you don’t know about what the cops on your streets are doing—and they aim to keep it that way.
June 17, 2020
Libby Watson
The Police Can’t Shake Their Persecution Complex
How much longer will the cops be allowed to tell flamboyant lies about their oppression at the hands of service-sector workers?
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