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Abolishing the Police Won’t Solve Violent Crime but Neither Will the Carceral State
Rising, The Hill, December, 2022


Taking Violence and Government Seriously
Niskanen Center, December 2022

Up from Federalism/What's Federalism Good For?
Boston Review, July 2022

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
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Crime and punishment in post-war Britain: 'Mob rule' as democratic corrective?
LSE British Politics and Policy Blog
January 19, 2016


Reforming Police and Prisons Will Not Save Us
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Balkinzation, August 15, 2015

Violence and the racialized failure of the American state

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Lawyers, Guns and Money
December 8, 2014

(Mis)Understanding American Politics
Foundation for Law, Justice and Society
August 3, 2012

Too Little Too Late: The Supreme Court as a Check on Executive Power
Foreign Policy in Focus
February 17, 2006