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On the collapse of the accountability state — from the removal of federal watchdogs to lying cops. (episode)
More removals of more watchdogs. What happens now?
The fake story about poisoned police officers at Shake Shack is part of a troubling pattern.
How staffers at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution stopped themselves from criminalizing a victim of police brutality.
And what "Cops" reveals about our fascination with punishment.
Public health experts who research how to manage risk advise a harm-reduction approach instead. (episode)
The problems with "the second wave"; social movement cycles; why protests are sanitized by history; and remembering the Tulsa Massacre. (episode)
But actually, it looks more like a plateau with 20,000 new Covid-19 cases a day.
When a social movement recedes from view, it isn't necessarily gone. How understanding the patterns of social movements tells us what to expect — and how to report on it.
Movements that seem disruptive to the public in their time can become mythologized in retrospect.
In 1921, the predominantly Black community of Greenwood was the site of one of the largest so-called "race riots" in American history. Why don't we talk about it?
Generals and rank and file West Point graduates are speaking out against the Commander-in-Chief. (episode)
On whiteness in food media — and the downfalls of Bon App and Alison Roman. (episode)
"Defund the Police"; NYPD coverups; Hollywood's obsession with cops; and ANTIFA boogeymen. (episode)
Organizers are asking us to imagine what seems unimaginable: a world without police.
How one investigative reporter confronts the cultural and statutory barriers to scrutiny of the police.
The mainstream conversation about law enforcement is changing. It's time to talk about the cops on TV, too.
How conspiracy theories about Antifa spread from right-wing media to towns across the country.
Editors at The New York Times have insisted that the opinion page is a space where all views all welcome. Where does that leave our values? (episode)
Is this "unrest" or an "uprising"? And a look back at the policies and cultural assumptions that have powered law enforcement. (episode)
A former foreign correspondent's perspective.
We're hearing increasing calls to "defund the police." What could we fund instead?
We're constantly told human beings are untrustworthy and greedy and need law and order for society to function. What if that's simply untrue?
Turns out the myth of Christian persecution goes back hundreds and hundreds of years. (episode)