Why do I study the history of contemporary political violence in Mexico? My answer has evolved across time. At first, I wanted to offer a basic accounting of what had happened: the who, what, where, ...

A Chicago police badge hangs in front of the City of Chicago Public Safety Headquarters, 2015. (Photo by Scott Olson / Getty Images) The Chicago Police Department has been synonymous with all of the ...

Most countries today torture people. Torture is not an “aberration” of “a few bad actors.” It’s a habitual practice in many nations — including the United States. Torture developed as part of the ...

Most countries today torture people. Torture is not an “aberration” of “a few bad actors.” It’s an habitual practice in many nations — including the United States. "The Reward of Cruelty," a print ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The soldiers in rural Myanmar twisted the young man’s skin with pliers and kicked him in the chest until he couldn’t breathe. Then they taunted him about his family until his ...

A significant number of deaths and disappearances of alleged communists at the hands of the Communist Suppression Operations Command occurred in the southern Thai province of Phattalung. Despite being ...

Laurence Ralph’s The Torture Letters recounts an extensive history of police abuse and violence in the CPD. A Chicago police badge hangs in front of the City of Chicago Public Safety Headquarters, ...