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During a violent week, police and news organizations are forced to account for what's being captured on live video. But they are not able to keep up with the rawness of the information presented or the emotions it stirs.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Charles Ramsey, former police commissioner in Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia, about the deadly shooting of five Dallas police officers.

Former and current law enforcement officers Chief Chris Magnus, Officer Anwar Sanders and former police chief Betty Taylor discuss the recent shootings by and of police.

What does it take to change your perception of people or an institution? NPR's Rachel Martin talks with columnist Matt Lewis about how the smartphone era has altered how he now views the police.

Former Seattle Police Chief Norm Stamper says in his book To Protect and Serve: How to Fix America's Police that policing is in crisis. He says more emphasis needs to be put on community policing.

The crisis in police-community relations again calls for a strong role for the church, but some black religious leaders fear they have lost the initiative to other groups like Black Lives Matter.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with our poetry reviewer Tess Taylor about three recent collections that take their cues from nonfiction, including Admit One by Martha Collins, Look by Solmaz Sharif and Olio by Tyehimba Jess.

The candidates vying to unseat State Attorney Angela Corey will share a stage with her this evening at the second candidate forum in as many days. Last…

Advocates of police reform say there's been real progress since the Ferguson, Mo., protests, but both sides worry about how to keep that process going after recent, deadly attacks targeting police.

Vivien Goldman, who has been a publicist, journalist, professor, author, playwright and back-up singer, is finally, at 64 years old, releasing an album of her own music and stepping to center stage.