Jeffrey Calhoun has been shot seven times and sent to prison three. Had he not been granted clemency by President…
“Give a mother the chance to hold her child again.” So reads a petition, launched on August 15, to free…
Hundreds of thousands have gathered across the country this summer to protest the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor,…
When Kamala Harris was still San Francisco’s district attorney in 2010, she delivered a talk at the Commonwealth Club where…
At first glance, national data suggest that Latinx people are suffering fewer fatal overdoses compared to other racial groups. Upon…
While the state of New York decriminalized marijuana possession for personal use in 2019, its capital, Albany, has been reserving…
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it,” as…
On July 30, the New Jersey state Senate voted in favor of a bill that could free about 3,000, or…
This short documentary, concerning COVID-19, smoking, vaping and racism in America, was co-directed by Filter Senior Editor Helen Redmond and…
The next crisis is fast approaching: one of evictions. On July 24, the federal four-month moratorium on evictions expired. It…