More women are being held in local jails than in state prisons, according to a report released October 29 by…
The first person I interviewed for this story—days before I knew I would write it, because I felt ashamed—was my…
Brandie Wilson has her work cut out for her: On October 3, the legendary harm reduction organization Chicago Recovery Alliance…
Sesame Street, the long-running children’s television show, has taken on issues ranging from exercise to incarceration. On October 9, Sesame…
Any wrongful conviction is a human tragedy," tweeted Sister Helen Prejan, a renowned author and anti-execution advocate, on October 2:…
The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) hosted the first-ever MDMA Therapy Training for Communities of Color between August 10-17…
On August 5, the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences published a study on police killings in the…
It was a sunny day in Culiacán, the capital of both Sinaloa state in northwest Mexico and, arguably, of the…
Bruce Colton, the chief elected prosecutor of Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee and St. Lucie Counties in Florida, is anything but…
Cherisse was 17 years old in 2009, and had recently given birth to a baby boy. A member of the…