Police Overreach Haunts Southern City: Racial Profiling, Quotas and Secret...
How a federal grant incentivized a police department to terrorize its community.In the late afternoon of Jan. 3, Robin Dean, a 50-year-old county employee, pulled into a Durham, N.C., Burger King...
View ArticleShocking Police Overreach Haunts Southern City: Racial Profiling, Quotas and...
How a federal grant incentivized a police department to go nuts on drug arrests — and terrorize its community.In the late afternoon of Jan. 3, Robin Dean, a 50-year-old county employee, pulled into a...
View ArticleDon't Pity Jeb: How Bush Dismantled Florida's Department of Labor
Bush's aggressive approach to Florida’s labor department went almost wholly unmentioned during his campaign.In the spring of 2000, Jeb Bush, then governor of Florida, launched a campaign unprecedented...
View ArticleNashville Voted To Give Poor People, Locals New Construction Jobs...But the...
The ballot initiative came amid an historic surge in building projects in the city’s downtown area.Last summer, with the backing of regional labor leaders and community groups, the city of Nashville...
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