The current crisis has unleashed unleashed a firestorm of protest that could further divide the city’s communities. But it is also a chance to forge real unity in opposition to the city’s long-standing power brokers.
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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.
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