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America’s Most Toxic Car Ads: Chevy Colorado vs. Audi A3
There's nothing funny about all the ways that excessive driving harms our society...but car companies still try to get a few jokes in here and there.
October 14, 2021
Study: Police Killings of Civilians Undercounted By More Than Half
The number of people killed by police officers in the U.S. has been massively underreported in official statistics over the past four decades, with an additional 17,000 deaths over that period, according to our new research.
October 8, 2021
Activists Ride on Friday to Disband The NYPD’s Bike-Using ‘Goon Squad’
"Bikes aren't for community efforts, it's for policing, New York style, which is some of the worst in the United States," says one activist.
June 10, 2021
Will NYC’s Next Mayor Use the ‘Goon Squad’ to Shut Off Parks Access? (Probably)
Which candidate will actually bring in policies that will rein in the NYPD? “The enforcement of a curfew should not involve violence," said legendary freedom fighter Norman Siegel.
June 9, 2021
Five Takeaways From the NYPD ‘Goon Squad’ Guidebook
We picked through the manual to give an insight into how police are trained.
April 13, 2021
Friday’s Headlines: ‘Port’ in a Storm Edition
The big news yesterday was, "We're getting a new bus terminal!" Oh, if it was only that easy. Plus all the other news (including the press corps going after Mayor de Blasio!).
January 22, 2021
A Round and a Roundy: The NYPD Discipline Problem
A new lawsuit seeks the hiring of a monitor to oversee the NYPD — something both the mayor and Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said was unnecessary. Our cartoonist begs to differ.
January 18, 2021
Attorney General Sues NYPD for ‘Excessive Force,’ Cites Misuse of Bikes, Cars
NYPD officers engaged in "excessive" use of force during the protests that followed the murder of George Floyd in Minnesota last year, including brutal and violent use of department-issued bicycles, the lawsuit charges.
January 14, 2021
DECISION 2021: How Should the Next Mayor Rein In the NYPD?
Here's the frank assessment of 10 would-be mayors of de Blasio's many failures — and how to fix them.
December 21, 2020
DOI REPORT: NYPD Inappropriately Used Bikes As Weapons
“Our general finding is those tactics were overused in a disproportionate way," the Department of Investigations commissioner says.
December 19, 2020