Over about half a century, police unions have become one of the most powerful lobbies in local government.

Some labor leaders are pushing to expel police unions if they don’t reform.

Some of the most controversial cop unions are unaffiliated with national groups, while large and progressive unions include an influential police presence.

My Dad and I never agreed on politics given that he was unabashedly liberal in his views. He was a public-school teacher in New Jersey, so one would have expected that, as a proud Democrat, he would...

Even in the 15 largest departments where the majority of officers are people of color, only one union leader is black, our analysis shows.

When cops misbehave, why does it stay secret? We hear from a reporter threatened with prosecution and interview a U.S. police association leader.

Abolishing police unions should be part of the broader fight to defund, demilitarize, and ultimately dismantle the U.S. police force.

Police unions are immensely powerful organizations that exercise outsized powers in U.S. cities. They often bargain for, and win, concessions that directly undermine the ability of the public to hold...

Over the past few weeks, calls to abolish police departments and dramatically rethink what community law enforcement might look like have been vaulted from a niche — albeit longstanding — issue...

"We will not be the people who sat by and watched our neighbors commit these atrocities," one protester said.

Yelling “fuck you” at a police officer is an act of free speech protected by the U.S. Constitution, a federal appeals court ruled on Monday. “As protected speech, it should be free from retaliatory...

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