The Criminal Justice System Struggles to Adapt to the Pandemic
Measures in response to the coronavirus are rapidly progressing in the US, with workplaces, ...
How Harm Reduction Is Responding to the Pandemic
In the two weeks since the first coronavirus cases were confirmed in New York ...
San Francisco Cannabis Shops Can Stay Open Amid COVID-19 Lockdown
As people across the US see their lives disrupted by the pandemic, many can ...
In the UK, Are We Rationing Who We Care About Amid COVID-19?
Viruses are great levelers. So it is with COVID-19, which has no regard for ...
So Alcoholics Anonymous Is “Proven” to Work After All? Not So Fast
Alcoholics Anonymous and its 12 Steps, with their prescription of abstinence, have dominated America’s ...
A Scientist Persuaded Italy to Exempt Vape Shops From COVID-19 Lockdown
Italy has seen the worst outbreak of COVID-19 outside of China, after cases ...
Why Midwestern Farmers Are Facing a Suicide Crisis
Farm workers are increasingly dying of suicide, according to new research. Farmers are suffering ...
Court Hits Back Against Politically Motivated Firings of Public Defenders
There has been a spate, in recent years, of public defenders speaking out against ...
The Incarcerated Population Is Especially Vulnerable to Coronavirus
People held in jails and prisons throughout the US are at heightened risk of ...
The Lessons of Chicago’s Disastrous “Crime Prediction” Experiment
In 2012, the Chicago Police Department (CPD) collected data on everyone arrested in the ...
