A recall campaign targeting so-called progressive prosecutors in Virginia has made recent headlines. To understand it, it’s worth taking a…
On August 9, the city of Austin began enforcing a public camping ban first approved by voters in May. Police…
In Sri Lanka, 2 grams of heroin can get you the death penalty. People incarcerated on drug charges are regularly…
Over two years ago, in June 2019, the city of Oakland, California became the first in the US to decriminalize…
Eric Adams—the Brooklyn borough president, former state senator and former NYPD captain—is now the Democratic candidate for New York City…
I have a million stories about my older brother, Billy, that exemplify the harms of the United States criminal justice…
During a recent webinar hosted by Prosecutorial Performance Indicators, an organization that encourages better data collection in the criminal justice…
On June 29, the Washington, DC Council voted to ban the sale of flavored tobacco products—a designation that includes vapes as…
From the get-go, sex worker activists knew nothing good would come from FOSTA, a 2018 law that formally makes online…
On June 4, Chandran Vithushan, a young man in Sri Lanka, was buried by his family. He had been arrested…