News
April 8
A COVID-strained social safety net. Entrenched distrust between cops and communities of color. "2020 was a tinderbox."
Feature
December 15, 2020
Most officers get training to respond to injuries, but are often not required to use it.
The Frame
June 3, 2020
Some of the city’s most famous streets, emptied by the pandemic, fill with demonstrators and police in riot gear.
Coronavirus
March 31, 2020
With about 200,000 people flowing into and out of jails every week, there are great risks not only for the detained, but also for jail workers and surrounding communities.
Analysis
November 14, 2019
How “free Mets tickets” for teens became a flashpoint in debate over looming bail reform law.
News
September 25, 2019
An unwed father hopes his case will change the way courts decide what it means to be a parent.
Life Inside
September 19, 2019
“The runaways, the mobsters, the pimps—they saw me as someone credible, someone who didn’t judge them.”
News
September 19, 2019
The state’s byzantine felony disenfranchisement laws keep hundreds of thousands of formerly incarcerated residents from registering to vote.
News
July 18, 2019
In New York City, officers are illegally using information from arrests that have been sealed, according to a lawsuit. The practice is legal in more than two dozen states.
Life Inside
July 11, 2019
“Despite everything I have accomplished, this is still happening to me.”