Tag: 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 ...
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, ...
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, ...
Drug Policy Reform in Missouri: City-Level Progress, Strong Headwinds
A Missouri mayor recently announced a plan to pardon people with marijuana and psilocybin ...
Why Historic House Marijuana Legalization Vote Has Been Pushed Back
An historic House of Representatives vote on a federal marijuana legalization bill, orginally slated ...
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 ...
The LEAD Program Faces a Reckoning for Centering Police
The murder of George Floyd and the explosion of protests against police terror led ...
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 ...
Portland Charges Exemplify Struggle Over Feds’ Prosecution Encroachment
Ammon Bundy shocked the country when he took up arms against the US federal ...
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 ...
