Intersections + Injustice

Why Amy Coney Barrett Is the Right Choice for None of America

Kristen Clarke, the executive director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, wrote a CNN opinion column decrying…

September 29, 2020

Unhoused Philadelphians’ Direct Action Wins 50 City-Squandered Homes

On September 25, Philadelphia housing activists declared victory in their months-long campaign to achieve community control of city-owned vacant properties…

September 29, 2020

Coalition: Investigate NYPD’s “Inherently Unreliable” Gang Database

A coalition of New York City advocates and scholars is calling on the city's police watchdog to audit the notorious…

September 24, 2020

A Record Means Discrimination—But National Expungement Week Is Here

For Mauro Melgar, record expungement is not just an abstract policy, it’s something that has had a profound impact on…

September 18, 2020

The LEAD Program Faces a Reckoning for Centering Police

The murder of George Floyd and the explosion of protests against police terror led by the Black Lives Matter (BLM)…

September 17, 2020

Vermont Prosecutor Becomes Second in Nation to Stop Seeking Cash Bail

The top prosecutor of Chittenden County (Burlington), Vermont is ending a policy that she says is a form of modern…

September 17, 2020

Study: Police Violence Steals Millennia From Black Men’s Lives

The terror imposed on Black, Indigenous and other communities by the police is hard to quantify. Some measure it by…

September 15, 2020

Portland Charges Exemplify Struggle Over Feds’ Prosecution Encroachment

Ammon Bundy shocked the country when he took up arms against the US federal government in 2016—leading an occupation of…

September 14, 2020

The Impact of Family Members’ Incarceration on Black Women’s Mental Health

A new study shows that Black women who have experienced having a family member incarcerated have higher levels of stress…

September 9, 2020

NYPD Reports Eight-Fold Increase in Use of Force for “Crowd Control” During Floyd Uprising

In the late spring and early summer, New York City, like the rest of the country, saw unprecedented mass protest…

September 1, 2020