In the United States, "defund the police" is a slogan advocating for reallocating funds from police departments to non-policing forms of public safety and community support initiatives, such as …

Jul 26, 2024 · Harris made her comments just weeks after the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer galvanized the “defund” movement among progressive activists.

Jul 11, 2020 · The text in the ad is artfully worded, saying that "Joe Biden's supporters" — rather than Biden himself — want to defund police departments. That’s because Biden is against the …

Jul 2, 2020 · The text in the ad is artfully worded, saying that "Joe Biden's supporters" — rather than Biden himself — want to defund police departments. That’s because Biden is against the …

May 19, 2021 · Policing in the U.S. is a highly politicized issue with a history intertwined with racial and class-based struggle. During the summer of 2020, no issue was debated more than the …

Oct 23, 2022 · Republicans have been running ads around the country that use a variety of dishonest tactics to try to create the inaccurate impression that the Democratic candidates …

Jun 29, 2021 · Here, we explore what “defund the police” means to leading criminologists, community organizers and legal scholars; recent academic research on whether more police …

Sep 16, 2022 · Republican midterm candidates around the country are running attack ads criticizing their Democratic opponents over crime and policing. But some of their September …

ProCon presents the pro and con arguments to debatable issues in a straightforward, nonpartisan, freely accessible way. Amid the Black Lives Matter protests following the death of …

Feb 23, 2021 · In the aftermath of the 2020 elections, some pundits and lawmakers argued the reason some Democrats in swing suburban districts lost their races was due in part to fear …