Intersections + Injustice

District Attorneys Could Be Key to the post-Roe v. Wade Abortion Battle

Ever since President Trump started nominating new Supreme Court justices, reproductive health activists and court observers have sounded the alarm…

September 7, 2021

Alabama Parole Board’s Cruel and Unprecedented Increase in Denials

Representative Chris England, the chairman of the Alabama Democrats, does not mince words when it comes to former prosecutor Leigh…

August 31, 2021

As New Zealand Cigarette Taxes Climb, So Do Harms to Poor and Indigenous Smokers

When it comes to taxing cigarettes, there’s rarely any opposition from lawmakers. “Sin taxes,” as they’re sometimes called, raise significant…

August 30, 2021

Clemency for Ex-Weather Underground Member Who Is DA Chesa Boudin’s Dad

The 1981 Brink’s armored truck heist in Nanuet, New York is notorious. The botched robbery left two police officers and…

August 26, 2021

Biden’s Extension of Title 42 Subjects Refugees to More Drug-War Violence

Since President Biden took office, there have been at least 6,356 attacks against people whom the US had expelled to…

August 25, 2021

WI Judge Defies the Law by Doubling as a “Probation Officer”

In the opinion of Amanda Skorr, an attorney and former public defender, Outagamie County, Wisconsin Circuit Judge Vincent Biskupic acts…

August 23, 2021

Prosecutors Call on Biden to Create Task Force Aimed at Reform

Decrying “tough-on-crime” policies, a group of more than 100 law enforcement leaders, mostly prosecutors, sent a letter to President Joe…

August 20, 2021

Can Harm Reduction Reform the Drug Courts?

Among prohibitionists and proponents of the drug war, drug courts are touted as a means of diverting people from incarceration.…

August 18, 2021

Hundreds of Drug War Prisoners in WA Can Now Apply for Commutation

The governor of Washington State on Monday unveiled a new process through which hundreds of people with low-level drug convictions…

August 17, 2021

Disciplinary Records for New Jersey Police Made Public in New Database

For the first time, records of New Jersey police officers who have faced "major discipline" have been released and collected…

August 13, 2021