Radley Balko
investigative journalist
Radley Balko is a writer and investigative journalist who publishes the newsletter The Watch.
Latest from
Radley Balko
MS NOW Opinion
Why Elon Musk and Ben Shapiro want Trump to pardon George Floyd’s murderer
The video depicting Floyd’s murder hasn’t changed in five years. But the Republican Party has.
MS NOW Opinion
Junk science is about to put a person to death
Robert Roberson is set to be executed by the state of Texas, but the “shaken baby syndrome” that got him convicted of murder is based on dubious science.
MS NOW Opinion
The worst thing about Ted Cruz’s dystopian RNC speech
From immigration to crime to fentanyl, stoking fear mattered a lot more than getting the facts right.
MS NOW Opinion
A hospitalized baby, a terrified mother: A botched police raid in Ohio is the tip of the iceberg
Until judges start taking seriously their responsibility to protect the Fourth Amendment, expect to see more innocent people shot,