crime Looking at the data about 2020's homicide spike provides no clear or easy answers Thom Dunn

crime You will be helped! Research using real-world situations fails to replicate the "bystander effect" Cory Doctorow

Science The coded gaze: biased and understudied facial recognition technology Andrea James

crime For the past 40 years, the presence of immigrants in US cities was correlated with a reduction in violent and property crime Cory Doctorow

law How LSD microdosing made a mega difference in one woman's mood, marriage, and life Mark Frauenfelder

video Study: with body-worn cameras, complaints against police "virtually vanish" Andrea James

police brutality After killing the mentally ill man she was called to help, cop complains "well, guess I'm losing my gun again" Rob Beschizza

police A year-long investigation into the unaccountable police brutality of K9 units Thom Dunn

education Boston Police Union throws a tantrum over Black Lives Matter at school week Thom Dunn

whackings New York mob boss whacked for first time since 80s Rob Beschizza

Science The Atlantic again concern-trolls: SHOULD CHILDREN HAVE SEX CHANGES? Andrea James

crime The first mass shooting in US history David Pescovitz

siberia A trip to Siberia inspired "Madness Treads Lightly" Polina Dashkova

crime Fake negative reviews are a cheap way to screw up darknet drug marketplaces Cory Doctorow

deaths Richard Hatch of 'Battlestar Galactica' has died. He was 71. Xeni Jardin

police Predictive policing predicts police harassment, not crime Cory Doctorow

police brutality Report: more than a third of police forces may destroy civilian complaint records Rob Beschizza

self defense Study: women trained to resist assault less likely to be victimized Rob Beschizza

politics "Stranger Danger" to children vastly overstated Glenn Fleishman