NYC Fails to #DefundNYPD—But Activists Are Just Getting Started
Although the battle to defund the police in New York City was set back ...
DA Felt It Unnecessary to Inform Public of a Virus-Infected Prosecutor in Court
Stephen Wagstaffe, the district attorney of San Mateo County, California, said in 2014 that ...
How We Can All Take Responsibility to Avoid Calling the Police
Calls to defund the police are picking up national momentum from Los Angeles to ...
New Spike in Coronavirus Cases Could Further Worsen Overdose Crisis
As many US jurisdictions have eased pandemic restrictions, new coronavirus cases have been spiking ...
The Potential and Pitfalls of Providing Vapes to Incarcerated People
How much good can vaping do in a carceral setting? Smoking rates in prisons ...
My Experience of Brutal Arrest at a Black Lives Matter Protest
It happened almost by accident. I was walking past Union Square after dinner with ...
Support, Don’t Punish 2020: A Global Day of Action Against the Drug War
Friday, June 26 marks the Support, Don’t Punish 2020 Global Day of Action—an annual ...
Philadelphia’s Latest Backward Step Is Nothing New
If the War on Drugs were seeking a motto, “One step forward, two steps ...
Silicon Valley Prosecutor’s Dog-Whistle Threat to Muslim Public Defender
Sajid A. Khan is a community leader and public defender in Santa Clara ...
Abolitionist Scientists Challenge Crime Prediction Software Research
One thousand scientists have denounced new software designed to predict criminality based off of ...
