For decades, America has measured public safety all wrong. We’ve treated it like a scoreboard—counting arrests, tracking crime rates, and equating bigger police budgets with safer communities. But those numbers don’t tell the real story—they reflect a culture of fear and punishment rather than the reality of community safety. Real safety is freedom from fear—fear…
In September and October of this year, Campaign Zero continued its transformative work with the young people at the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Detention Center (CCJDC), connecting identity, creativity, and leadership through curated experiences, storytelling, and community care. This fall, the series entered a new season of growth with September’s sessions planting seeds on the importance…
From Palantir’s data fusion to Clearview’s face scraping and Flock’s license-plate dragnets, a handful of private vendors now underpin everyday policing—and ICE’s deportation machine. Sold as “public safety,” these tools supercharge surveillance, stitch together vast personal data, and evade democratic oversight. Here’s what they are, who profits, and how we can shrink police reliance on them.
Children and families in New York City were treated to a day of fun and learning in mid-September when Campaign Zero partnered with Win NYC, the largest provider of family shelter and supportive housing in New York City, to host the third annual Back-to-School Bash for more than 600 children and members of their families.…
