David Helps

David Helps is a Ph.D. candidate in history at the University of Michigan, where he is also a researcher with the Carceral State Project. His writing on police, cities, and international affairs has appeared in the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and Monthly Review, among other outlets.

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Demonstrators with CASA in Action and Service Employees International Union 32BJ march against the Trump administration’s immigration policies in Washington on May 1, 2017.
Demonstrators with CASA in Action and Service Employees International Union 32BJ march against the Trump administration’s immigration policies in Washington on May 1, 2017.

Unionization Can End America’s Supply Chain Crisis
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David Helps, Alexander Stephens
Law enforcement officials in riot gear force people protesting the police killing of Andrew Brown Jr. off a street in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, on April 28.
Law enforcement officials in riot gear force people protesting the police killing of Andrew Brown Jr. off a street in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, on April 28.

The ‘Global Policeman’ Is Not Exempt From Justice
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David Helps
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