Intersections + Injustice
Arrested While “Panicking on Meth”—An Hour Later, He Was Dead
Alex Billmeyer was panicking when police swarmed a house in Dubuque, Iowa on May ...
NYC Jail Deprived Trans Women of MAT for Years
Between 2015 and 2018, transgender women incarcerated in New York City’s first-of-its-kind Transgender Housing ...
Why the Smoking Ban in Public Housing Makes Residents’ Lives Worse
The first thing that greets you when you walk in is the stench of ...
Sinister Motives, Moral Panic Behind Florida’s Persecution of Sex Workers
Bruce Colton, the chief elected prosecutor of Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee and St. Lucie ...
NYC Defenders: District Attorneys Breaking Their Promises to End Marijuana Prosecutions
On June 11, New York City public defenders released data demonstrating that district attorneys ...
How Drug Policy Fuels the Genocide of Indigenous Women in Canada
Cherisse was 17 years old in 2009, and had recently given birth to a ...
Probation Officers Should Never Direct Medical Care for People With OUD
The Oregon State Senate voted in April to decrease barriers to lifesaving medical treatment ...
People Who Use Drugs Are Still Dying From Preventable Hepatitis A
Since an initial outbreak in Michigan in August 2016, hepatitis A (HAV) continues to ...
“Spit-and-Acquit” Embodies a Californian DA’s Dystopia
Here’s a good formula for dystopia: a ”spit-and-acquit” program to create a genetic surveillance ...
Denial of Methadone Devastates Incarcerated People: What Hope?
When people who are dependent on opioids are incarcerated and denied access, they go ...
