Daniel Denvir

Daniel Denvir is a fellow at Harvard Law School's Fair Punishment Project and the host of The Dig, a podcast from Jacobin magazine.

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These Pharmaceutical Companies Are Making a Killing Off the Opioid Crisis These Pharmaceutical Companies Are Making a Killing Off the Opioid Crisis

Why do the manufacturers of naloxone, the life-saving overdose antidote, keep hiking the price?

Dec 15, 2017 / Daniel Denvir

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Philadelphia Just Elected the Most Radical DA in the Country—Now What? Philadelphia Just Elected the Most Radical DA in the Country—Now What?

Larry Krasner has pledged to fight mass incarceration, and activists say they’ll be watching.

Nov 10, 2017 / Daniel Denvir

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This Civil Rights Lawyer Is on the Path to Becoming Philly’s Next DA This Civil Rights Lawyer Is on the Path to Becoming Philly’s Next DA

Larry Krasner has spent his professional life defending activists and suing the police.

May 12, 2017 / Daniel Denvir

It’s Election Day in Philadelphia: Will a Trio of Wealthy School ‘Reformers’ Buy the Mayor’s Race?

It’s Election Day in Philadelphia: Will a Trio of Wealthy School ‘Reformers’ Buy the Mayor’s Race? It’s Election Day in Philadelphia: Will a Trio of Wealthy School ‘Reformers’ Buy the Mayor’s Race?

Six weeks after Rahm Emanuel defeated populist, pro-teacher candidate Chuy Garcia in Chicago, public-school advocates are mobilizing for victory in Philly.

May 19, 2015 / Daniel Denvir

Why Were Atlanta Teachers Prosecuted Under a Law Meant for Organized Crime?

Why Were Atlanta Teachers Prosecuted Under a Law Meant for Organized Crime? Why Were Atlanta Teachers Prosecuted Under a Law Meant for Organized Crime?

To understand the cheating scandal, look to flawed education policy.

Apr 22, 2015 / Daniel Denvir

How to Destroy a Public-School System

How to Destroy a Public-School System How to Destroy a Public-School System

In Philadelphia, education reformers got everything they wanted. Look where the city’s schools are now.

Sep 24, 2014 / Daniel Denvir

Palin Drops the Puck Palin Drops the Puck

The best-known hockey mom in the country gets booed at a game in Philadelphia's Wachovia Center. Failing candidate, failed bank, failed stunt: you can't make this stuff up.

Oct 13, 2008 / Column / Dave Zirin and Daniel Denvir

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