Tag: COVID-19

    “Trail of Death”—A Short Film About COVID, Nicotine and Racism

    This short documentary, concerning COVID-19, smoking, vaping and racism in America, was co-directed by ...

    The Political Fight to Avoid an Evictions Catastrophe

    The next crisis is fast approaching: one of evictions. On July 24, the federal ...

    ACLU: COVID-19 Decarceration Did Not Increase Crime

    Decarceration measures taken by county jails this past spring to mitigate the spread of ...

    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 ...

    Despite Voting Rights Reform, Many People With Felonies Excluded From NJ Primary

    New Jersey held primary elections on July 7, including hotly contested Congressional races for ...

    Dozens of Countries Exclude People on Drug Charges From COVID-19 Decarceration

    Prisons are nearly universally recognized as petri dishes for the coronavirus. In an attempt ...

    Irish Harm Reduction Response to COVID-19 Saves Unhoused Drug Users’ Lives

    Unhoused drug users in Dublin, Ireland almost entirely avoided projected COVID-19 deaths as a ...

    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 ...