Prison Policy Initiative (PPI), a nonprofit research organization, poses a simple question for officials pushing for jail expansion that could…
To walk down the hill to the Douro River in Porto on a sunny day is to navigate a delightful…
On April 25, Joe Biden announced his long-anticipated bid for the 2020 Democratic nomination. He has polled as favorite and,…
President Donald Trump's contradictory messages about his response to the opioid-involved overdose crisis were on full display during a self-congratulatory…
Police are very, very good at catching drug dealers, but that’s part of the problem,” says Neil Woods, a former…
What’s up with this wave of crackhead jokes?" a Reddit user asked in a February 2019 post. In response, one…
All across the US, law enforcement asserts its power through its sheer visibility in a vast array of public spaces.…
New York state assembly members and senators, as well as a NYC councilmember, are calling on the NYPD's inspector general…
On April 16, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) launched its latest punishment-driven, treatment-inflected response to the opioid-involved overdose crisis in…
I grew up from the late ‘90s until the end of 2016 in a tiny town called Mission, Texas (above),…