Portside

The right is winning, the center is spinning, the left's battle is just beginning

"We really would like to see the state step in... Now is a moment to push for limited-equity co-ops and community land trusts as an alternative."

“Black, brown and poor white folks in prisons and jails are coming from communities where they are at greater risk for these social and environmental threats. Then they are being siphoned off, extracted, taken hostage and locked up in cages..."

Advocates who lived through the riots are now fighting to defund the police and dismantle unions that thwart accountability

Lots of unanswered questions and quirky shifts as we move into a crisis-ridden era

An analysis of low-level infractions in California found Black residents disproportionately targeted in LA and across the state

Guardian analysis shows how organizations and officers in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago work against reform.

Police foundations across the country are partnering with corporations to raise money to supplement police budgets by funding programs and purchasing tech and weaponry for law enforcement with little public oversight.

In this time of heightening crisis, we must be brave enough to use our full imaginations — and listen to those who have been dreaming of and fighting for just cities and communities for years.