Intersections + Injustice

“They Want to Do Me In”: The Prisoner Who Fought COVID Overcrowding

In May, as COVID-19 loomed over incarcerated people across the country, Ivan Von Staich filed an administrative grievance to transfer…

February 8, 2021

Slovenia’s Sole Grassroots Syringe Exchange Violently Evicted, Bulldozed

Slovenia's sole grassroots harm reduction organization was forcefully displaced after authorities demolished a former factory in the capital city of…

February 4, 2021

NY Ends “Walking While Trans” Ban Targeting Women of Color

Transgender and criminal justice reform activists won a major victory as New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation passed that…

February 2, 2021

Illinois Set to Become the First State to Eliminate Cash Bail

Illinois will make history by becoming the first US state to end cash bail. Instead, judges must impose the least…

February 1, 2021

The “Secret Handshake”—A Program Gifting Cannabis to Unhoused People

For some people in Los Angeles’ homeless community, a dime bag of weed can make a small but welcome difference.…

February 1, 2021

Brooklyn Federal Prison Denying Communication Rights in Pandemic

The Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC), a federal facility in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, has a long history of neglect and abuse,…

January 25, 2021

“I Want the Same Protection”—Canadian Peer Harm Reduction Workers Unionize

Like their counterparts in the United States and around the world, Canadian harm reduction "peer" workers have for decades been…

January 21, 2021

As Trans Women Incarcerated in Georgia, Our Medical Needs Are Brutally Ignored

Across the country, transgender people held within the prison-industrial complex face a litany of deprivations. Trans people are incarcerated at…

January 21, 2021

Mexico President: DEA “Fabricated” Accusations Against Military Leader

The Drug Enforcement Administration's imperialist grasp on Mexico seems to be loosening. President Andres Manuel López Obrador has called out the…

January 20, 2021

Pandemic Hits Harm Reduction Workers Hard—Particularly “Peers”

A few weeks back, Soma Snakeoil, an artist and the founder of Los Angeles-based organization the Sidewalk Project, came across…

January 14, 2021