Intersections + Injustice
Why Didn’t Rochester’s New Mental Health Crisis Team Prevent Latest Police Brutality?
An incident of police brutality in Rochester, New York, calls into question reforms the ...
Boston’s “Methadone Mile” and the Wars on Drug Users, Unhoused People
Four gentrifying Boston neighborhoods—Roxbury, Dorchester, the South End and South Boston—collide and form the ...
Homeless NYC Residents Grill Mayoral Candidates on Housing Crisis
The race is on to become the next leader of New York City, with ...
“They Want to Do Me In”: The Prisoner Who Fought COVID Overcrowding
In May, as COVID-19 loomed over incarcerated people across the country, Ivan Von Staich ...
Slovenia’s Sole Grassroots Syringe Exchange Violently Evicted, Bulldozed
Slovenia’s sole grassroots harm reduction organization was forcefully displaced after authorities demolished a former ...
NY Ends “Walking While Trans” Ban Targeting Women of Color
Transgender and criminal justice reform activists won a major victory as New York Governor ...
Illinois Set to Become the First State to Eliminate Cash Bail
Illinois will make history by becoming the first US state to end cash bail. ...
The “Secret Handshake”—A Program Gifting Cannabis to Unhoused People
For some people in Los Angeles’ homeless community, a dime bag of weed can ...
Brooklyn Federal Prison Denying Communication Rights in Pandemic
The Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC), a federal facility in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, has a ...
“I Want the Same Protection”—Canadian Peer Harm Reduction Workers Unionize
Like their counterparts in the United States and around the world, Canadian harm reduction ...
