Intersections + Injustice

    CA Bill to Decriminalize “Loitering” Spotlights Cops-Turned-Politicians

    A 2019 explainer from CalMatters on the difficulties of police reform in Sacramento explained ...

    DEA Wants to Add Five Drugs to the Highly Criminalized Schedule I List

    It’s dispiriting that in 2022, with decriminalization efforts taking off nationwide, adding more drugs ...

    What’s Motivating the DA Charging a Minor With Drug-Induced Homicide?

    After taking office in 2011, Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeffrey Rosen helped lead ...

    Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg Rapidly Backpedals on Radical Reforms

    Alvin Bragg, a former state and federal prosecutor, won the competitive 2021 Manhattan district ...

    Baltimore and Boston’s Non-Prosecution Policies Now at Grave Risk

    Two of the most significant figures in the so-called “progressive prosecutor” movement now seem ...

    Rikers Strike Against Horrendous Conditions Draws Political Support

    Elected officials are rallying outside of the Rikers Island Detention Complex on January 13 ...

    As Anti-Reform Prosecutors Depart, Will Massachusetts Really Change? 

    The landscape of the criminal-legal system in one of the nation’s most progressive states ...