Intersections + Injustice
Fair Future Act Takes Aim at Housing Discrimination Over Drug Convictions
Bipartisan congressional lawmakers have filed a bill that would repeal a decades-old federal statute ...
Mortality Rate for LA’s Unhoused Residents Drops for the First Time
For the first time in the decade that the Los Angeles County Department of ...
Why Ecuador Is Partnering in US Drug-War Strikes
On March 6, the United States “Department of War” released its latest Hollywood movie ...
Georgia Moves Backwards With New Forensic Mental Health Hospital
For the past 16 years, Georgia was under a federal injunction: It could not ...
Commission to Look at Methadone Regs, But Don’t Hold Your Breath
A new National Methadone Access and Quality Commission has been created by the Foundation ...
Impending Parks Ban Looms Over Phoenix Harm Reduction Efforts
A looming ban on harm reduction services in public parks in Phoenix has just ...
Tennessee Prison Guards Want to Wear Body Cams. Prisoners Want That, Too.
Tennessee’s GOP-supermajority legislature seems to have found a bipartisan idea it can support: body-worn ...
The Kingpin Effect: Violence From “El Mencho” Killing Far From Over
Violence erupted across Mexico in the immediate aftermath of the February 22 killing of ...
Georgia “One Strike Act”: Even More Life Sentences, Even Less Parole
In late February, senators in Georgia introduced a bill known as the One Strike ...
Oklahoma Weighs “Repeat Offender” Law for Drug Use During Pregnancy
Oklahoma is considering a bill that would increase the state’s authority to intervene when ...
