Intersections + Injustice
“Divest and Invest”: Latinx Advocates on Defunding the Police
George Floyd’s final breaths on May 25, 2020, gasping out “I can’t breathe,” led ...
The Jacarezinho Massacre and Lethal Drug Policy Enforcement in Brazil
It’s a Rio de Janeiro classic. Officers of the civil, military or army police ...
Larry Krasner Beats Primary Challenger Organically, in Good Sign for Reformers
The first re-election bid of Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner—probably the figure most associated ...
SCOTUS Shamefully Allows Past Non-Unanimous Jury Convictions to Stand
Chelsea Clinton surprised criminal justice reform activists when she recently backed Color of Change’s ...
The Methadone Manifesto: A Powerful Blow Against the Clinic System
The Methadone Manifesto is a brilliant, badass, long-overdue gut punch to the antiquated US ...
Initiative Aims to Increase Methadone, Bupe Access in Pennsylvania Jails
Jerome Maynor, 71-year-old Black man with opioid use disorder (OUD), was prescribed methadone. His ...
New York Abolished Long-Term Solitary. Will Guards Get With the Program?
On April 1, after eight years of a determined grassroots campaign, the HALT Act ...
Crime Rates, Prosecutors and Telling Public Reactions
When it comes to thinking about crime, there are arguably two main camps. There’s ...
How Fear, Misinformation, Stigma Have Devastated US Pain Patients
Tamera Lynn Stewart had been taking prescribed opioids for 12 years to treat her ...
The Supreme Court’s Abhorrent Decision to Back Life-Without-Parole for Kids
What is considered a “normal” punishment is culture—it’s where you live. In 18 states, ...
