Editorial brief · 04
Policing, security and civil liberties
Security powers weighed against due process and the people they affect.
Operational powers such as closed areas, warrantless searches and permit regimes, examined alongside public safety.
The focus is on the people living and working under those powers: vendors, staff, residents and customers.
Reporting
9 pieces
National Security · SEP. 23, 2026
The permit economy: what a closed area does to a block
Seven policing districts. A permit to enter or leave your own street. A $50,000 fine for getting it wrong. The Special Operations Bill’s heaviest costs fall on vendors, shift workers and anyone who talks to a reporter.
Caribbean Affairs · SEP. 23, 2026
Extrajudicial at sea: 234 dead, and a region that will not say the word
National Security · SEP. 21, 2026
Special Operations Bill: Kamla says UNC areas will get “hard policing”
International · SEP. 24, 2025
Human rights are not defended selectively
International · OCT. 28, 2023
Gaza: the General Assembly calls for a truce
Press Freedom · JUN. 24, 2022
Shireen Abu Akleh: the evidence pointed to the soldiers' position
National Security · MAY 16, 2021
A public health emergency, enforced as a security one
Press Freedom · AUG. 28, 2020
A journalist disappeared in Thailand and surfaced in a Vietnamese prison
Press Freedom · MAY 1, 2020