criminal injustice

Support, Don’t Punish 2020: A Global Day of Action Against the Drug War

Friday, June 26 marks the Support, Don’t Punish 2020 Global Day of Action—an annual show of international solidarity against the…

June 25, 2020

Silicon Valley Prosecutor’s Dog-Whistle Threat to Muslim Public Defender

  Sajid A. Khan is a community leader and public defender in Santa Clara County, California, a county of almost…

June 25, 2020

Abolitionist Scientists Challenge Crime Prediction Software Research

One thousand scientists have denounced new software designed to predict criminality based off of a single face photo. They're now…

June 24, 2020

PA Plan to Limit DA Candidates to Career Prosecutors Swipes at Progressives

The latest manifestation of Pennsylvania’s political culture-gap, with its stark split between progressive cities and conservative small-town and rural areas,…

June 18, 2020

Don’t Forget Prosecutors When It Comes to Defunding

Since the brutal murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis cops, activists across the country have passionately called to defund the…

June 11, 2020

Fighting Racism in a Small, Conservative Town in New Jersey

  Outrage over racism and police brutality epitomized by the murder of George Floyd has been so pervasive that away…

June 10, 2020

“Social Workers Belong in Police Departments” Is an Offensive Statement

Last week, the New York State Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers posted a graphic on Facebook that…

June 10, 2020

Local and National Efforts Focus on Stopping Police “No-Knock” Raids

The protests sparked nationwide—and worldwide—by the death of George Floyd have also concerned the March killing of a young Black…

June 9, 2020

Now You Can File Complaints Against the NYPD Based on Online Evidence

  Chances are, someone reading this sentence has seen a video of the NYPD committing assault or other abuse on…

June 8, 2020

California Sheriff Sued for Keeping People Jailed as COVID-19 Rages

A group of attorneys filed a class action lawsuit on May 29 against Sheriff Gregory Ahern of Alameda County, California.…

June 4, 2020