Intersections + Injustice
COVID-19 Is Especially Devastating for Black and Brown Americans
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and its accompanying economic downturn is disproportionately affecting Black ...
“Ticking Time Bombs”—Congressmembers Urge Releases From Federal Prisons
Members of Congress are joining criminal justice reform advocates to demand that some people ...
The Criminal Justice System Struggles to Adapt to the Pandemic
Measures in response to the coronavirus are rapidly progressing in the US, with workplaces, ...
In the UK, Are We Rationing Who We Care About Amid COVID-19?
Viruses are great levelers. So it is with COVID-19, which has no regard for ...
Why Midwestern Farmers Are Facing a Suicide Crisis
Farm workers are increasingly dying of suicide, according to new research. Farmers are suffering ...
Court Hits Back Against Politically Motivated Firings of Public Defenders
There has been a spate, in recent years, of public defenders speaking out against ...
The Incarcerated Population Is Especially Vulnerable to Coronavirus
People held in jails and prisons throughout the US are at heightened risk of ...
The Lessons of Chicago’s Disastrous “Crime Prediction” Experiment
In 2012, the Chicago Police Department (CPD) collected data on everyone arrested in the ...
Colorado Teen Could Face Decades in Prison—For Cannabis
Vaping-associated pulmonary illness reportedly contributed to 68 deaths through February 18, 2020. After an ...
The Legacy of Northeast Philly’s “Redlining” Against Methadone Clinics
Protesting residents of the mostly white, working-class neighborhoods of Holmesburg and Mayfair in Northeast ...
