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The Sanders Revolution in Des Moines, Iowa

Marc Kagan
Bernie's staff here says we knocked on 130,000 doors this weekend. I did about 250 of those doors, so do the math: 500 people like me. Possibly I’m just swept up in the moment, but it seems like a great social movement in the making.

The Long Arm of the Law: On the Rise of the Global “Good Cop”

Lyle Jeremy Rubin The Baffler
Protesters march against police brutality in Oakland, California.
Badges Without Borders is a book about America’s post-WWII “global transit of police ideas and personnel.” Its critical framework is indebted to a rich legacy of thought centering on the racist underbelly of the international economic order.

Clashes Rock Venezuela as Guaido Urges Opposition Uprising

Scott Smith and Christopher Torchia AP
Violent street battles erupted in parts of Caracas in what was the most serious challenge yet to Maduro’s rule. Still, the rebellion, dubbed “Operation Freedom,” seemed to have garnered only limited military support.