Taking Violence and Government Seriously
Niskanen Center, December 2022
Abolishing the Police Won’t Solve Violent Crime but Neither Will the Carceral State
Rising, The Hill, December, 2022
Up from Federalism
Boston Review, July 2022
“Heat: What’s rising crime doing to American politics?”
The Signal, interview with Michael Bluhm, July 17, 2022.
“Fear Factor: How is rising violence affecting U.S. politics?”
An interview with Lisa L. Miller, February 11, 2022 (by Graham Vyse), The Signal.
“Murders Spiked in 2020: How will that change the politics of crime?”
A FiveThirtyEight Chat, October 6, 2021.
“Homicide Impunity, Human Rights, and State Failure.”
Niskanen Center Webinar, with Roxanna Altholz, Jeff Asher, Michael Javen Fortner, Wesley Lowery, and Lisa L. Miller
September 24, 2021.
Race, Violence and the Failed American State
Scarlet Speakers in the Heart of Your Home, June 30, 2020 [scroll down for video]
Federalism is Unlikely to Save Progressive Politics
Law and Political Economy blog, July 11, 2019
Calling Out Fascism
Lawyers, Guns and Money, August 17, 2017
It's time to talk about power, part II
Oxford University Press Blog (OUPBlog), March 1, 2017
It's time to talk about power, Part I
Oxford University Press Blog (OUPBlog), February 17, 2017
Black Activists Don't Ignore Crime
New York Times, August 6, 2016
Gun control reforms failed in the Senate. But it wasn't a fair vote
The Guardian, June 21, 2016
Tyranny of the losers and the politics of gun control
Lawyers, Guns and Money, June 16, 2016
- For a fictional take on how tyranny of the minority could go especially wrong, see James McCrone's new book, the smart political thriller, Faithless Elector.
Race, violence and the failure of the American state
Discover Society, June 1, 2016
Crime and punishment in post-war Britain: 'Mob rule' as democratic corrective?
LSE British Politics and Policy Blog
January 19, 2016
LSE British Politics and Policy Blog
January 19, 2016
Reforming Police and Prisons Will Not Save Us
Balkinzation, August 15, 2015
Violence and the racialized failure of the American state
Lawyers, Guns and Money
December 8, 2014
Balkinzation, August 15, 2015
Violence and the racialized failure of the American state
Lawyers, Guns and Money
December 8, 2014