State prisons' efforts to decarcerate during the COVID-19 crisis seem to have been eclipsed by those of county jails—despite more…
A national cannabis trade group is publicly calling for the federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to keep its hands off…
Rachael Rollins is undoubtedly an exciting prosecutor. When she announced during her 2018 campaign to become Boston’s next district attorney…
The coronavirus crisis has interrupted transnational drug supply—but that might not last long, the UN Office of Drug and Crime…
As drug-user activists, we often lose a couple friends each month. This month has been particularly sad, with the passing…
The brutal killing of Ahmaud Arbery, by a retired member of law enforcement and his son in Brunswick, Georgia on…
Like many others affected by the coronavirus crisis, Simon,* a 43-year-old Black man, was confined to a room with a…
“It’s been a hell of a month,” said Alesya Shagina, a peer outreach coordinator for Humanitarian Action, of their recent…
Even before COVID-19 upended American social and economic life, mass incarceration was devastating communities nationwide. But with data suggesting that…
Presumed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden released his “Plan for Black America” on May 4, which discussed some of the…