21 to Drink? The Debate Around America’s Outlier Status
America’s minimum drinking age law, set nationally at 21 since 1984, appears to be ...
Police Murders of Black People: Has the World Really Woken Up?
This week, I watched 29-year-old Jacob Blake get shot by a police officer at ...
Four Easy Ways for a New Top Prosecutor to Make Meaningful Change
Activists like the Dream Defenders did not expect Harold Pryor to win the Broward ...
Cages Don’t Always Have Bars: How “Reforms” Swelled the Carceral State
Place Maya Schenwar and Victoria Law together on a street corner in an impoverished ...
Despite Fentanyl’s Ubiquity, Test Strips Can Still Empower Drug Users
As the presence of illicit fentanyl has reached near-ubiquity in many North American heroin ...
Congress Must Pass COVID-19 Legislation to Depopulate Jails and Prisons
In May, the US House of Representatives passed CARES 2—the HEROES Act—another legislative package ...
What Marijuana Legalization Would Mean for Criminal Justice in Arizona
Marijuana legalization is headed to the ballot in Arizona this November. If successful, the ...
Canadian Drug Users Need Us Doctors to Step Up With Safe Supply
The tennis player Arthur Ashe once said that to take on a challenge, “start ...
The Frightening Future and Past of Cop “Mutual Aid”
Mutual aid organizing is experiencing something of a renaissance amid the coinciding crises of ...
Breaking Down a Model Bill to Decriminalize All Drugs
On August 6, the Drug Policy Alliance* released a detailed proposal to decriminalize all ...
