Women
Women
Arts & Culture
A Righteous Farewell from Tibet’s Maestro
Oct 11, 2023 It’s a striking final vision with which Tseden leaves us: a place that embodies an understanding, or perhaps even a latent human desire, to live in harmony with nature.
Activism
A Cultural Shift Is Necessary To Tackle Non-Carceral Emergency Response
Oct 5, 2023 From funding to implementation to use, non-carceral emergency response initiatives require people to unlearn their reliance on police.
Courts & Law
How Police Turn Victims of Sexual Assault Into Suspects
Sep 27, 2023 The consequences for false reporting prosecutions are devastating not just for wrongly accused victims, but also for the criminal justice system and the safety of entire communities.
Ear to the Ground
Los Angeles Becomes Latest City to Approve Robot Dogs Despite Grave Concerns
Jun 12, 2023 It has been widely noted that these canine robots closely resemble those featured in a 2017 episode of the science fiction horror drama "Black Mirror."
Activism
Backroom Deals Increase Public Cost of Cop City
Jun 7, 2023 Backroom deals and elasticity clause increase public cost of Cop City well over the promised $30 million.
TD Original
The Farce of Microsoft’s Anti-Racism and the Capture of Academia
Apr 17, 2023 In recent years, most large tech corporations have begun pushing anti-racism public relations and touting their donations to Black causes. There is no company more steeped or skilled in this practice than the elder of the group, Microsoft. By deploying fleets of flacks, messaging professionals and hired intellectuals, the company has managed to maintain a pristine image as a “moral leader” of Big Tech, while avoiding and deflecting attention from its deep and sordid history of collaboration with police, prisons, intelligence agencies and militaries.
Social Justice
Police Violence Reached an All-time High Last Year
Jan 20, 2023 There is much data suggesting that more police funding means more violence and death. And yet, police departments remain flush with cash.
Book Review
The Stark Contradictions of Downtown Los Angeles
Jan 18, 2023 A Review of "Notes on Downtown" by writer, photographer and editor Désirée van Hoek.
Editorial Cartoons
Climate Protest
Jan 12, 2023
Courts & Law
They Called 911 for Help. Police and Prosecutors Used a New Junk Science to Decide They Were Liars.
Dec 29, 2022 Tracing the fallacy of 911 call analysis through the justice system, from Quantico to the courtroom.
Race
