criminal injustice

NYC Jailers Hinder Patients’ Access to Mental Health Services

People incarcerated in New York City jails are consistently obstructed from accessing mental health services. Sometimes they are rescheduled by…

August 5, 2019

El Chapo’s Trial Was a Drug-War Propaganda Circus

Extraditing drug dealers from around the world to stand trial in the States is a cynical attempt to demonstrate that…

August 2, 2019

Much Work Remains to Undo Grotesque Legacy of the Rockefeller Drug Laws

New York’s Rockefeller Drug Laws, perhaps the most infamous embodiment of criminalizing addiction and drug use in the history of…

August 1, 2019

Chicago’s “Progressive” Prosecutor Cut Prison Sentences, Not Felony Drug Prosecutions

Dubbed a "progressive prosecutor" by many in the media, Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx is delivering on her campaign…

July 31, 2019

Exclusion, Censorship, Internment: Brazilian Drug Policy Under Bolsonaro

The situation for harm reductionists here in Brazil continues to deteriorate. A decree signed by President Jair Bolsonaro and published…

July 30, 2019

Why We Need the Dem Debates to Probe Candidates’ US Attorney Picks

Our top federal prosecutors are called United States attorneys. There are only 94 of these presidential appointees, and they are…

July 30, 2019

New York Decriminalizes Cannabis, But Fails to Address Injustice

After stalling cannabis legalization in spring 2019, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law a bill that decriminalizes small-quantity…

July 29, 2019

Algorithm Using Racist Drug War Data to Determine Missourians’ Freedom

An algorithm based on data from decades of drug war policing that disproportionately targets Black Missourians will soon, in part,…

July 29, 2019

Kamala Harris Cannabis Legalization Bill Is Also About Immigrant Justice

On July 22, Senator Kamala Harris, the betting markets' favorite to become the 2020 Democratic presidential nominee, introduced federal marijuana…

July 24, 2019

Memo to Josh Shapiro: Attorneys General Do Have the Right to Be Good

A fun exercise is to check your state’s constitution and search the term “attorney general.” If you happen to live…

July 18, 2019