Intersections + Injustice

    As New Zealand Cigarette Taxes Climb, So Do Harms to Poor and Indigenous Smokers

    When it comes to taxing cigarettes, there’s rarely any opposition from lawmakers. “Sin taxes,” ...

    Clemency for Ex-Weather Underground Member Who Is DA Chesa Boudin’s Dad

    The 1981 Brink’s armored truck heist in Nanuet, New York is notorious. The botched ...

    Biden’s Extension of Title 42 Subjects Refugees to More Drug-War Violence

    Since President Biden took office, there have been at least 6,356 attacks against people ...

    WI Judge Defies the Law by Doubling as a “Probation Officer” 

    In the opinion of Amanda Skorr, an attorney and former public defender, Outagamie County, ...

    Prosecutors Call on Biden to Create Task Force Aimed at Reform

    Decrying “tough-on-crime” policies, a group of more than 100 law enforcement leaders, mostly prosecutors, ...

    Can Harm Reduction Reform the Drug Courts?

    Among prohibitionists and proponents of the drug war, drug courts are touted as a ...

    Hundreds of Drug War Prisoners in WA Can Now Apply for Commutation

    The governor of Washington State on Monday unveiled a new process through which hundreds ...

    White House: Biden Considering Clemency for Nonviolent Federal Drug Convictions

    President Joe Biden is looking into using his executive authority to grant clemency to ...