Intersections + Injustice

    Protests as Cicero Institute Launches Homelessness Policy Summit

    On June 5 right-wing think tank the Cicero Institute held its first-ever homelessness policy ...

    Ignoring Georgia’s Public Defender Crisis, and the Obvious Way to Fix It

    Georgia’s public defender shortage was recently of interest to the media when it affected ...

    Everyone Against the Drug War Needs to Know About Jury Nullification

    In 1734, New York Weekly Journal publisher John Peter Zenger was arrested for seditious ...

    The Time to Build an Equitable Psychedelic Landscape Is Now

    Across the United States, a tide is turning. It is becoming clear that widespread ...

    Louisiana Urges More Oversight When Giving Opioid Funds Directly to Cops

    Louisiana, one of only two states that distributes opioid settlement funding directly to law ...

    “Fresh Meat”—How Prison Punishes Child Sexual Abuse

    [This article contains descriptions of physical and sexual assault.]   The scarlet letter in ...

    “Consider Tapering”—SAMHSA Turns Against Long-Term Methadone Use

    Beware a “Dear Colleague” letter from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration ...

    Ten Years After Motherisk, Parents Who Use Drugs Still Punished

    It’s been 10 years since Canadians learned that a trusted children’s hospital had been ...

    DOT Backs “Witnessed” Urine Drug-Testing for Truck Drivers

    The Department of Transportation will require “directly observed” urine drug-testing in federal workplace situations ...