A judge has thrown out the federal consent decree for the Minneapolis Police Department, which followed the 2020 murder of…
Republican lawmakers in Ohio are seeking to undo major aspects of a voter-approved marijuana-legalization measure—by introducing restrictions that could increase…
The Connecticut House of Representatives has advanced a bill that would decriminalize possession of small quantities of psychedelic mushrooms. On…
The Roseburg, Oregon, City Council is weighing an ordinance that would prohibit harm reduction programs from distributing syringes in public…
The latest national overdose figures from the CDC, released May 14, show that deaths fell by almost 27 percent in…
A federal judge has made a historic decision to take control of the Rikers Island jail complex away from the…
A new plan is underway for California to crack down harder on encampments of unhoused people. On May 12, Governor…
A cannabis legalization bill passed the Pennsylvania House—a historic first after years of statewide efforts. But after moving to the…
For many years, the “Workhouse” jail in St. Louis, Missouri, subjected people to horrific conditions. After a long campaign, the…
The Trump administration has decided to destroy the AmeriCorps program, which puts millions of people, mostly volunteers, to work in…