Editor's note: I've known Shahid Buttar for years, in his capacity as an activist organizer, drawing on his background as a constitutional lawyer and his deep commitment to a just… Read the rest of the article: A Fresh Voice for San Francisco

This summer, two of the west coast’s largest metropolitan areas—Seattle and California—took major steps to curtail secret, unilateral surveillance by local police. These victories for transparency and community control lend… Read the rest of the article: West coast jurisdictions advance community oversight of police surveillance