Intersections + Injustice

How the Drug War Fosters Devastating Land-Grabs

Few, if any of us, remain unaware of how industries can inflict catastrophic environmental damage—on renewable and nonrenewable resources from…

January 23, 2023

“Next Time It Could Be You”—The McCarthyism in Tobacco Control

At the end of November, an extraordinary episode caused outrage: the expulsion of Karl Erik Lund from a conference on…

January 19, 2023

“There’s More Accidents”: Disabled Prisoners Struggle Amid Understaffing

John, 41, has been incarcerated in the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) system for the past five years. Around 2020,…

January 18, 2023

San Francisco Encampment Sweeps Continue Despite Injunction

A legal battle between homelessness advocates and the city of San Francisco has escalated, as the city is accused of…

January 11, 2023

As CT Erases Cannabis Convictions, Will People Fall Through the Cracks?

On January 1, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont (D) announced on Twitter that his administration “has marked 42,964 cannabis convictions erased.”…

January 10, 2023

Drastic Commissary Price Hikes Leave Prisoners Without Food, Medicine

Nationwide, prisoners and their loved ones are reeling from exorbitant commissary price hikes that are pulling basic food and hygiene…

January 10, 2023

São Paulo’s New Governor Makes Ominous Moves to “End Cracolândia”

Cracolândias—areas with high levels of street-based homelessness and public drug use—have been spreading throughout Brazilian towns and cities since the…

January 9, 2023

Recollections of Solitary Confinement During the HIV Epidemic

I was diagnosed with HIV in 1992, just after I’d turned 18. I’d been having unprotected sex, and sharing needles…

January 9, 2023

Illinois Law to End Cash Bail, Blocked at Last Minute, Now Hangs on Appeal

Just hours before a law to end cash bail in Illinois was due to take effect on January 1, the…

January 4, 2023

The Limits of AG’s Guidelines Against Crack-Powder Sentencing Disparity

US Attorney General Merrick Garland took action on December 16 to end the federal sentencing disparity between crack and powder…

December 21, 2022