criminal injustice

Is the UN Complicit in Philippines’ Lethal Drug War?

At the start of the summer, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) announced it had found thousands, and potentially…

October 8, 2020

Breonna Taylor Travesty Must Renew Focus on the Racist Drug War

The grand jury’s decision in the Breonna Taylor case is infuriating. It was also, perhaps, inevitable. While scholars will spend…

September 30, 2020

Why Amy Coney Barrett Is the Right Choice for None of America

Kristen Clarke, the executive director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, wrote a CNN opinion column decrying…

September 29, 2020

Drug Policy Reform in Missouri: City-Level Progress, Strong Headwinds

A Missouri mayor recently announced a plan to pardon people with marijuana and psilocybin convictions. His reform follows other city-level…

September 24, 2020

Why Historic House Marijuana Legalization Vote Has Been Pushed Back

An historic House of Representatives vote on a federal marijuana legalization bill, orginally slated for this month, has been pushed…

September 23, 2020

A Record Means Discrimination—But National Expungement Week Is Here

For Mauro Melgar, record expungement is not just an abstract policy, it’s something that has had a profound impact on…

September 18, 2020

The LEAD Program Faces a Reckoning for Centering Police

The murder of George Floyd and the explosion of protests against police terror led by the Black Lives Matter (BLM)…

September 17, 2020

Vermont Prosecutor Becomes Second in Nation to Stop Seeking Cash Bail

The top prosecutor of Chittenden County (Burlington), Vermont is ending a policy that she says is a form of modern…

September 17, 2020

Portland Charges Exemplify Struggle Over Feds’ Prosecution Encroachment

Ammon Bundy shocked the country when he took up arms against the US federal government in 2016—leading an occupation of…

September 14, 2020

NYPD Reports Eight-Fold Increase in Use of Force for “Crowd Control” During Floyd Uprising

In the late spring and early summer, New York City, like the rest of the country, saw unprecedented mass protest…

September 1, 2020