BlueLeaks: Inside Cops’ Islamophobic Counterdrug Training
This is a time bomb” was one student’s description of a September 2014 counterdrug ...
Texas Is Now the Epicenter for Coronavirus in Carceral Settings
Severe COVID-19 outbreaks threaten the lives of people incarcerated across Texas. Several jail and ...
“I Can’t Breathe”—The Haunting Urgency of Juice WRLD’s Post-OD Album
Since the December 8, 2019 fatal overdose of Jarad Higgins—a Black rapper who went ...
Convenient Charges for New Orleans DA Candidate Leave Dire Incumbent Favorite
At the end of June, New Orleans City Councilman Jason Williams was indicted on ...
Joe Biden’s Criminal Justice Reform Task Force Passes on Marijuana Legalization
Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders’ “Unity Task Force”—six committees set up to shape policies ...
Oklahoma Reservation Ruling Is an Opening for Harm Reduction
Hardline Oklahoma prosecutors have received bad news about their capacity to force people who ...
“The Civil Death Penalty”—My Motherhood Is Legally Terminated
It’s afternoon on the Monday after the Fourth of July. My daughters, ages five ...
Movement for Black Lives Wants Congress to End the Drug War
The federal war on drug users would likely be brought to its knees with ...
Kentucky Challenge to “Casey’s Law” Strikes Against Involuntary Commitment
One of the nation’s oldest involuntary commitment laws designed specifically to target people who ...
St. Louis Is a Big Step Closer to Closing the Workhouse
In St. Louis, Missouri—arguably the birthplace of the modern movement for Black lives—a city ...
