Matt Katz appears in the following:
How to Protect Whistleblowers Calling Out Police Misconduct
Friday, May 06, 2022
And the renewed push on Capitol Hill to hold police abusers accountable.
'It stays in your mind': When crime goes viral, fear of crime goes up
Tuesday, May 03, 2022
Major crime totals are in fact up compared to 2019, before the pandemic, when crime was at historic lows. But what has increased perhaps more than crime is the fear of crime.
When a Mental Health Crisis Prompts a 911 Call
Thursday, April 28, 2022
Mayor Adams proposed more funding for a program that sends social workers and EMTs instead of police officers to respond to certain 911 calls. Matt Katz explains.
Bucking activists’ 2020 hopes, New Jersey expands its state police
Monday, April 25, 2022
Social justice activists are questioning why New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy is expanding state police funding by $9 million.
Brazilian Baile Funk Goes Global
Friday, April 22, 2022
Last week, Brazilian pop star Anitta made her debut on Coachella's main stage.
Listening Party: Old Crow Medicine Show, 'Paint This Town'
Friday, April 22, 2022
Old-time country band Old Crow Medicine Show have a new album out today titled Paint This Town.
A History of American Wiretapping
Friday, April 22, 2022
We Here For You. Professor Brian Hochman takes us through the history of survellience and how it's become commonplace in recent years.
'Tai Asks Why' on Earth Day
Friday, April 22, 2022
Fifteen-year-old Tai Poole joins us to talk about the new season of his CBC podcast, Tai Asks Why, which includes episodes about issues related to climate change.
Legal Weed in the Garden State
Friday, April 22, 2022
Reporter Karen Yi visited some New Jersey dispensaries on the first day they opened and joins us to talk about how the state's legal marijuana sales are going.
Police in New York are making more arrests, particularly on the subways
Wednesday, April 06, 2022
The crime rate is up in New York, and so are the number of arrests, according to the NYPD’s latest data.
How much property and cash does each New Jersey police department seize? We will soon find out.
Tuesday, April 05, 2022
New Jersey is bringing transparency to law enforcement’s practice of confiscating private property it believes may be connected to illegal activity.
City council questions 'broken windows' policing strategy
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
City council members clashed with top NYPD officials at a hearing Wednesday over the department’s new focus on cracking down on low-level crimes.
The city is expanding a program that diverts some mental health emergency calls from police to social workers and medics
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
New York is expanding a pilot program that dispatches unarmed professionals to listen to, and otherwise assist, those experiencing mental health crises.
Class-action lawsuit targets NYPD practice of secretly collecting DNA
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Lawyers hope to end the practice and get DNA profiles expunged.
War Crimes Tribunals in the Digital Age
Friday, March 18, 2022
How online content might be used to prosecute war crimes.
Why the Ukrainian Biolabs Lie Went Viral
Friday, March 18, 2022
How a far-right conspiracy theory crossed oceans.
The Reporters Who Saw World War II Coming
Friday, March 18, 2022
The small group of foreign correspondents who delivered the news to millions.
The number of homeless people killed in NYC is increasing
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
Advocates say talk of a homeless problem -- without a solution -- may fuel the violence.
Black New Yorkers make up half of those prosecuted for misdemeanors in NYC, study finds
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Black New Yorkers are disproportionately prosecuted for misdemeanors even though such cases rarely result in convictions, according to a new study released Thursday.
'The Experiment' Podcast Digs Into SPAM
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Producers Julia Longoria and Gabrielle Berbey join us to discuss the new series from The Experiment, SPAM: How The American Dream Got Canned.
