Police Violence and the Call for Help
Confrontations with traumatized suspects too-often end in shootings. Is there another way?
Confrontations with traumatized suspects too-often end in shootings. Is there another way?
Crime and COVID, rising homelessness and restive politics — Garcetti looks back on nine years as chief executive of Los Angeles.
An ambitious data project reveals the extent of COVID’s spread inside American prisons
Joe Biden is the 46th president of the United States. What awaits him and the country?
Lorenzo Jones and the deep questions of American policing
The former LAPD chief and Los Angeles city councilmember considers American policing and its critics
Congressman Adam Schiff has watched with horror as Donald Trump assaults democratic norms. Schiff speaks with Blueprint.
Jorja Leap spearheads an effort to examine the LAPD’s work in Nickerson Gardens and beyond
This year of crisis has upended politics, public health and policing, among many other walks of life. It now moves to an election.
“What’s the problem you’re trying to solve? What does the research say about how to get there? And then how do you convince people?”
California’s problems are monumental, but history gives room for hope
Zachary Slobig on the combined effects within his family of COVID-19 and national policing protests
This year of crisis has upended politics, public health and policing, among many other walks of life. It now moves to an election.
Some see policing problems as the work of a few bad officers. Others see cultures of racism and brutality. Here’s how to tell the difference.
New technology offers hope for clearing old convictions.
Los Angeles Count Sheriff Alex Villanueva thumbs his nose at reform. Can the county supervisors rein him in?
Police unions were delivered a rare setback when Gov. Jerry Brown signed two open-government measures. That’s a good thing.