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Zohran Mamdani, Jessica Tisch, and the NYPD
The ruling class forced Zohran's hand on Tisch. Can the left build enough power to protect him from police unions?
 • Jonathan Ben-Menachem
If we only defend the "innocent," we will all become "criminals"
Allegations of criminality have always been deployed to justify state violence but even ‘imperfect’ victims deserve basic rights
 • Jonathan Ben-Menachem
Our new study on the police shooting of Jacob Blake
We found that the shooting reduced Black Chicago residents' trust in police (and no effect for whites)
 • Jonathan Ben-Menachem
Palestinian Liberation and Police Abolition Go Hand In Hand
The severe repression of the recent encampment protests proves that these struggles are inexorably linked.
 • Jonathan Ben-Menachem
"Research malpractice" or best practice? Debating "rigor" in criminal justice reform
Arnold Ventures' criminal justice portfolio lead accused Vera Institute researchers of, well, screwing it up bigtime. I take a look under the hood.
 • Jonathan Ben-Menachem
Should reformers care about "evidence"?
Better research probably won’t end mass incarceration.
 • Jonathan Ben-Menachem
The feds are going to take over Rikers jails
What is a receivership, anyway? What does it mean for us?
 • Jonathan Ben-Menachem
gripes and musings
gripes and musings
i'm a phd student in sociology. i post about criminalization, labor, politics—social science theory & methods too.
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