Sheriffs define law and order for their counties -- and most are White Republican men
While there are exceptions, sheriffs have a long history of using their power to maintain a particular, unequal balance of ...
The Facts2hOpinion
COMMENTARY: Sheriffs apply their politics to 'law and order' policies
Many Americans will find on their November ballot a space to vote for an important office: local sheriff. While there are ...
Are sheriffs special in America? Definitely — but not the way the far right claims
Sheriffs are unique figures in American politics and American society — but not in the way that many people, especially on ...
'America is suffering,' sheriffs call on Washington to act on border security concerns
The nation's sheriffs are calling on Washington to find bipartisan solutions to a border security situation they say is ...
Constitutional Sheriffs: Inside the Far-Right Movement That’s Above the Law
The “constitutional sheriff” movement descends from other far-right movements of the past few decades, but, around 2011, ex-sheriff Richard Mack decided to turn the sheriff into the key figure, the ...
Murder and other violent crime dropped across the U.S. last year, FBI data shows
Murder dropped 11.6% from 2022 to 2023, the largest single-year decline in the last 20 years. Property crime was also down ...
Kentucky judge had lunch with the sheriff now arrested in his killing, court clerk says
A local sheriff ate lunch with a prominent district judge hours before allegedly shooting the judge in his chambers, ...
The Texas Observer6d
Lawmen Above the Law
The sheriff is a position that serves no legitimate purpose in modern America, Jessica Pishko concludes, and the United ...
‘California is an open territory for the cartel to do whatever it wants’: Sheriffs
California residents are suffering from Biden-Harris administration “open border” policies and California’s sanctuary state ...
Utah Sheriffs say new OSHA rule would ‘cause a mass exodus’ of search and rescue staff volunteers
Sheriffs from across Utah are pushing back on a proposed rule change from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, ...
New York Magazine1d
The Return of Ta-Nehisi Coates
August, roughly a month and a half before his new book, The Message, was set to be published, and Ta-Nehisi Coates was in my ...
How sheriffs define law and order for their counties depends a lot on their views − and most are white Republican men
There is a long history of sheriffs reinforcing social inequality − both informally and by using formal powers of their ...