Why Republican Support For Peaceful Racial Justice Protests Was Short-Lived
After being acquitted on all charges related to shooting three men, killing two and injuring one, during protests against the...
Police Violence
Cities That Reduced Arrests For Minor Offenses Also Saw Fewer Police Shootings
In response to nationwide protests last summer over the murder of George Floyd by police, many cities and states have...
Why Many Americans Can’t See The Wealth Gap Between White And Black America
In the last year and a quarter, the pandemic has served as a stark reminder of just how unequal America...
What Has — And Hasn’t — Changed Since George Floyd Was Murdered
Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited. sarah (Sarah Frostenson, politics editor): Tuesday marks the...
Why Black Women Are Often Missing From Conversations About Police Violence
When Lajuana Phillips was shot and killed by a police officer in late 2018, she was a mother of three...
Why A Guilty Verdict For Derek Chauvin Doesn’t Change The Reality Of Police Violence
The murder trial for Derek Chauvin was notable in many ways. Not only was it significant to George Floyd’s family,...
How Views On Black Lives Matter Have Changed — And Why That Makes Police Reform So Hard
Daunte Wright was driving in his car through Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, two days ago when police officers pulled him over...
Police Misconduct Trials Are Rare. Instead, Cities Pay Millions To Settle Misconduct Claims.
FiveThirtyEight’s quantitative editor Laura Bronner speaks with Galen Druke about FiveThirtyEight and The Marshall Project’s investigation into the amount of...
Police Misconduct Costs Cities Millions Every Year. But That’s Where The Accountability Ends.
This article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system....
Cities Spend Millions On Police Misconduct Every Year. Here’s Why It’s So Difficult to Hold Departments Accountable.
This article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system....
