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State Prisoners in U.S. Are Serving Longer Prison Sentences
By Sanya Mansoor
What True Justice Looks Like for Sexual Violence Survivors
By Judith L. Herman
A Gen Z Colleague Called You Out. Here’s What to Do Instead of Freak Out
By Kenji Yoshino and David Glasgow
The Black Power Movement Is a Love Story
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What the Police Academy Gets Wrong About Training Future Officers
In the police academy, officers-in-training shoot to prevent being shot at. This ethos needs to change, writes Katie Sponsler.
By Katie Sponsler
February 6, 2023
If We Want to Reduce Deaths at Hands of Police, We Need to Reduce Traffic Stops
Traffic stops represent the most common interaction between police and citizens.
By Thaddeus Johnson and Natasha Johnson
February 3, 2023
A Friend Remembers the Sensitive, Funny Tyre Nichols
"He had a lot of game; he was very charismatic," Sary Mansour says of his friend and former coworker.
By Sanya Mansoor
February 1, 2023
The Remarkable Response of RowVaughn Wells After Her Son Tyre Nichols' Death
RowVaughn Wells' remarkable response to her son's murder shows that we need an empathy revolution, writes Rev. Professor Keith Magee.
By Keith Magee
January 30, 2023
America Goes About Juvenile Crime Sentencing All Wrong
For how long should a teen be held accountable for their worst moments—and to what purpose, asks David Myers.
By David Myers
January 30, 2023
Why “Woke” Is A Convenient Republican Dog Whistle
"Just as with all effective dog whistles, the racial implications must be subtle, or better yet, implied," write Sam Perry and Eric McDaniel
By Samuel L. Perry and Eric L. McDaniel
January 26, 2023
Former FBI Official Arrested for Taking Payments From Russian Oligarch He Investigated
They attempted to cover their tracks by referring to him as “you-know-whom,” “our friend from Vienna,” and “the big guy”
By Vera Bergengruen
January 23, 2023
How We Can Make Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream of Ending Poverty A Reality
"Guaranteed income is an effective tool to offset rising costs for those who can least afford it," writes Michael Tubbs
By Michael Tubbs
January 16, 2023
DOJ Names Special Counsel in Biden Classified Documents Case
Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a special counsel after classified documents were found at Biden's personal residence and former office.
By Brian Bennett
January 12, 2023
Law Enforcement Experts on Why Police Shouldn't be Allowed to Lie to Suspects
Police deception tactics can trick many innocent people into confessing to crimes they didn't commit, writes Saul Kassin.
By Saul Kassin
December 16, 2022
I'm a Blind Scientist and Inventor. More Disabled Kids Should Have the Opportunities I Had
"If an average sighted kid can build a career in STEM, shouldn't an average blind kid be able to as well?" writes Joshua Miele
By Joshua Miele
December 16, 2022
America Asked the Wrong Questions About Brittney Griner
Every American locked up abroad is worthy of our advocacy, writes Amanda Knox about the controversy around Brittney Griner's release
By Amanda Knox
December 13, 2022
Racism Is Not a Mental Illness—But It’s Complicated
Amid rising hate crime, America still can’t decide how bigotry and health fit together, and the debate has major legal implications
By Janell Ross
December 2, 2022
I Spent 25 Years in Prison for Marijuana Charges. Biden’s Pardon Is Not Enough
While Biden's marijuana pardon is a start, true justice requires a push for prison reform, writes Michael Thompson.
By Michael Thompson
December 1, 2022
The U.S. Prison System Doesn't Value True Justice
Daniel Medwed explores how the prison system doesn’t value true justice even for the innocent, but rather the appearance of it.
By Daniel Medwed
November 29, 2022
Too Many U.S. Veterans End Up Behind Bars. We Can Fix That
After service too many veterans end up in trouble with the law, we need to do something about that, writes former Senator Chuck Hagel
By Chuck Hagel
November 11, 2022
The People Building the Future of the #MeToo Fight
5 years after #MeToo went viral, movement founder Tarana Burke picks five people and groups blazing new trails in the sexual-justice fight
By Sanya Mansoor
October 15, 2022
The Ghost of Dred Scott Still Haunts Us
The Supreme Court is hearing a case, Fitisemanu v. United States, that will put to the test whether the 14th Amendment's promise still holds
By Neal Katyal
October 13, 2022
Youth Incarceration Harms America's Children
It's time to abolish the youth carceral system and move the resources into systems that focus on care and support for those in need of help
By Subini Annamma , Jyoti Nanda and Jamelia Morgan
October 13, 2022
Tarana Burke: What 'Me Too' Made Possible
Five years after #MeToo went viral, its founder reflects on why we're still falling short
By Tarana Burke
October 12, 2022
What to Know About the Controversy Over FBI Agent Timothy Thibault
Thibault has been embroiled in criticism from Republicans since earlier this summer when Senator Chuck Grassley accused him of political partisanship.
By Madeleine Carlisle
August 31, 2022
Biden's Plan for More Police Won't Make America Safer
President Biden is calling for billions in additional funding for police. Evidence shows more policing does not make communities safer, but expanding healthcare access does
By Eric Reinhart
August 24, 2022
Prison Reform Is Undermining Public Health and Safety
For a few months in the fall of 2021, reports of unchecked violence, abuse, and neglect at the jail on New York City’s Rikers Island were plastered across national news before receding back into the...
By Eric Reinhart
May 31, 2022
Inside the Debate Over South Carolina's Use of Firing Squads
On March 18, the South Carolina Department of Corrections announced that the $53,600 renovation of its death chamber was complete. For prisoners on death row who choose to face the firing squad, the state installed...
By Madeleine Carlisle
April 26, 2022
Patrick Lyoya Shooting: What We Know So Far
Authorities in Grand Rapids, Mich., are investigating a police shooting that left dead an unarmed 26-year-old Black man
By Josiah Bates
April 14, 2022
Jan. 6 Committee Holds Scavino and Navarro in Contempt
The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol voted Monday night to move forward with contempt charges against two of Donald Trump’s former aides for their participation in efforts to overturn...
By Nik Popli
March 28, 2022
What Black Women Saw at Ketanji Brown Jackson's Confirmation Hearings
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson took a long pause. Senator Ted Cruz had just showed blown-up images from Dr. Ibram X. Kendi’s Antiracist Baby and asked her if she believed that babies were racist. Beyond the...
By Mikki Kendall
March 25, 2022
Biden's Criminal-Justice Report Card
Joe Biden made many campaign promises about criminal-justice reform. Turning them into reality has been difficult
By Josiah Bates
March 7, 2022
Bronx Fire Highlights Racial Disparity in Accidental Deaths
The apartment fire that killed 17 people, including eight children, in the Bronx on Sunday morning has become one of the deadliest fires in modern New York City's history. The blaze reportedly started after a...
By Josiah Bates
January 11, 2022
The Risk Every Defendant Weighs, From Ghislaine Maxwell to Kim Potter
Several high-profile defendants have opted to testify in their own defense lately, with mixed results. There are several factors to consider before putting a defendant on the witness stand
By Melissa Chan and Madeleine Carlisle
December 20, 2021
What Being Incarcerated Taught One Public Defender About the Criminal Justice System
While a senior at Tennessee State University (TSU) in 2002, Keeda Haynes agreed to receive multiple packages for her then-boyfriend. He told her that the deliveries were for a cell phone and pager business. As...
By Josiah Bates
November 30, 2021
How the Rittenhouse Verdict Affects the Work of Activists
On the surface, the jury's Nov. 19 verdict in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse was all too simple. His defense team successfully pled the case that Rittenhouse was acting in self-defense when he shot and...
By Josiah Bates
November 23, 2021
The Supreme Court May Rule Against Texas in Abortion Cases. But Roe v. Wade Still Isn't Safe
Just 10 days ago, the Supreme Court decided to fast-track its consideration of Texas’s unprecedented abortion law, SB8, which bans most abortions in Texas after six weeks, and gives private citizens the power to enforce...
By Kate Shaw
November 1, 2021
How U.S. Sexual-Harassment Law Encourages a Culture of Victim Blaming
Melissa Nelson was 20 years old when she was hired to work as a dental assistant for James Knight. Nelson had worked in his Fort Dodge, Iowa, office for more than a decade before he...
By Deborah Tuerkheimer
October 5, 2021
R. Kelly Has Finally Been Silenced. Let's Keep It That Way
In the summer of 2017, at a neighborhood Atlanta coffee house, the #MuteRKelly movement was born. There, I met Oronike Odeleye, the woman who would later become my partner-in-mute. She, too, was heartsick over the...
By Kenyette Tisha Barnes
September 29, 2021
Julius Jones’ Execution Commuted: What to Know
Julius Jones’ death sentence has been commuted by Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt, just hours before he was scheduled to be executed on Nov. 18. On Nov. 11, the Oklahoma State Pardon and Parole Board recommended...
By Josiah Bates
September 22, 2021
Special Counsel Indicts Lawyer With Clinton Ties
The indictment indicates that the special counsel is pursuing a legal theory that Democratic operatives intentionally fed the FBI information to harm the candidacy of Donald Trump
By Chris Strohm and Christian Berthelsen/Bloomberg
September 17, 2021
Pennsylvania Abolishes Prison Gerrymandering
A Pennsylvania commission responsible for drawing the state’s legislative districts voted 3-2 on Tuesday to end prison gerrymandering, the practice of counting prisoners where they are incarcerated rather than in their last known residence before...
By Madeleine Carlisle and Sanya Mansoor
August 24, 2021
Christian Colleges Must Do Better to Support LGBTQ Students
As a queer person of faith born and raised in the Seventh-day Adventist Church, I have only ever attended Christian educational institutions. I am a graduate of Andrews University, the Church’s flagship school in Berrien...
By Eliel Cruz
July 1, 2021
Biden's DOJ Steps Into Voting Rights Fight And Sues Georgia
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday that it would sue Georgia over the restrictions included in its new and expansive voting law, known as SB 202, marking the federal agency’s first significant action against...
By Madeleine Carlisle and Sanya Mansoor
June 25, 2021
After His 2020 Death in a New York Jail Cell, Jamel Floyd's Family File Lawsuit Against Bureau of Prisons
More than a year after his death, and with many of their questions still unanswered, the family of Jamel Floyd, a man who died in a New York City federal jail after being pepper-sprayed by...
By Sanya Mansoor and Josiah Bates
June 24, 2021
Criminalization of Black Pregnancy Must End
Reproductive health remains overly criminalized and stigmatized with little to no acknowledgement. There are more than 1,200 documented cases of women, disproportionately Black and working-class women, who have been arrested because of their pregnancy outcomes...
By Jason Williams
May 21, 2021
Albert Woodfox Speaks on Racial Justice in America
Feb. 19 marks the five-year anniversary of Albert Woodfox's release from Louisiana State Penitentiary. (It also marks his birthday.) Woodfox, 74, had spent over 40 years in solitary confinement while incarcerated there, one of the...
By Josiah Bates
February 19, 2021
Virginia Just Abolished The Death Penalty: Why It Matters
'The Virginia legislature is finally catching up with public opinion'
By Madeleine Carlisle
February 9, 2021
What Happens to the Federal Death Penalty Under Biden?
Joe Biden is the first president in U.S. history to openly campaign on abolishing the death penalty and win. Now that he's in the White House, pressure is already mounting from activists and lawmakers for...
By Madeleine Carlisle
January 25, 2021
U.S. Capitol Rioters Still Free Despite Online Efforts
Many have been possibly identified by others online in a fervent effort to bring the perpetrators to justice
By Megan McCluskey
January 13, 2021
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