WASHINGTON, D.C. (NEXSTAR) – “Defund the police” — It’s become a rallying cry from protesters demanding changes in policing but what does it really mean? As calls to defund the police grow louder, ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The future of Fresno's police department and its budget could be decided in the coming days. Protesters are demanding police reform and calling on Fresno City leaders to ...

BURLINGTON, VT — Nearly two years after the murder of George Floyd, cities around the country were prompted to take a closer look at police budgets. Some called the movement "Defund the Police," ...

Central to Zohran Mamdani's 2020 campaign for New York State Assembly was a pitch to radically constrain law enforcement. "Queer liberation means defund the police," he posted two days after securing ...

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is putting together a team, and one of the people on that team is Alex Vitale, a professor of sociology at Brooklyn College and the author of a provocative ...

President Donald Trump calls him a “communist.” His critics say he wants to defund the police. Zohran Mamdani insists he’s just a guy trying to make New York City more affordable. But as he tries to ...

A progressive Michigan Senate candidate endorsed by Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., has deleted a series of old social media posts supporting the “defund the police” movement as his campaign gains ...

A Michigan Senate candidate backed by "Squad" Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., and other far-left politicians quietly deleted old social media posts he made online espousing support for the "defund the ...

In the February/March 2026 issue of Reason, we explore Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's policy goals and what they mean for New York City. Click here to read the other entries. Central to Zohran Mamdani's ...