How do high-profile acts of police brutality affect public trust and cooperation with law enforcement? To investigate this question, we…
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Conflict, drought and locusts are leading concerns for African food security but the relative importance and spatiotemporal scale of crises…
On a typical day in the United States, more than 50,000 people are stopped by the police for traffic violation and other minor suspected…
In her new book, Vice Patrol: Cops, Courts, and the Struggle over Urban Gay Life before Stonewall, HLS Assistant Professor of Law Anna…
Times of strain often lead to explosions of religiosity, as people turn to faith as a balm against misfortune. The coronavirus pandemic,…
Reducing pre-trial detention by eliminating cash bail would generate significant economic returns for accused individuals and likely also…
The First Amendment guarantees some of the most fundamental rights provided to Americans under the Constitution. The right to free…
The Department of Justice began prosecuting federal hate crimes cases after the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1968. Thus, the…