Intersections + Injustice
Eric Garner’s Mother Speaks Out Against Proposed NYC Menthols Ban
Gwendolyn Carr, the mother of Eric Garner—who was killed by NYPD police officer Daniel ...
Alaska Prisons Are Holding Mentally-Ill People With No Criminal Charges
Over the last year, dozens of Alaskans experiencing mental health crises found themselves in ...
On a Mission to Show Up for Drug Users in West Virginia
In the driveway next to an old brick church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the ...
Politicians, Cops Skirt Responsibility for NYC’s New Jails
Do you think we need more jails?” I ask. It’s cold and grey. I’m ...
The Death Penalty for Drugs: What Public Opinion Surveys in Asia Teach Us
One year ago, the newly elected government of Malaysia officially announced its intention to ...
Murders of Homeless People in NYC’s Chinatown Reflect a Crisis Decades in the Making
On Saturday October 5, a man attacked five people, four of whom were homeless, ...
The Consequences of an Incompetent First Step Act Rollout
Timothy Walker, 52, enjoys cooking and used to own a food truck in Philadelphia ...
How Drug War Prosecutors Cynically Exploit Rape Survivor Advocacy
One of the biggest crises in law enforcement is the rape kit “backlog”—which is ...
An On-the-Ground Look at Duterte’s Bloody Drug War
Few Americans have come face-to-face with the foot soldiers—both cops and encouraged vigilantes—of Philippines ...
How Psychedelic Drugs Could Help Save the Planet
The UN says we have just over a decade left to stop irreversible damage ...
