Our Systems for Tracking the Criminal-Justice System Are Broken Our Systems for Tracking the Criminal-Justice System Are Broken
In Florida, a recently passed bill will standardize these statistics, and make them publicly accessible.
Mar 27, 2018 / Michelle Chen
For Immigrant Women, Crossing the Border Doesn’t End Their Struggle For Immigrant Women, Crossing the Border Doesn’t End Their Struggle
Women fleeing trauma in their home countries are being harassed and detained in this one.
Mar 22, 2018 / Michelle Chen
Trump’s Trade Tariffs Aren’t About Helping Workers Trump’s Trade Tariffs Aren’t About Helping Workers
If the president were serious about creating good jobs for Americans, he’d care about the working conditions of Chinese workers too.
Mar 20, 2018 / Michelle Chen
Beware of Big Philanthropy’s New Enthusiasm for Criminal Justice Reform Beware of Big Philanthropy’s New Enthusiasm for Criminal Justice Reform
Wealthy donors across the political spectrum are zeroing in on our jails and prisons as the latest locus of privatization.
Mar 16, 2018 / Michelle Chen
Are Disney Workers Having a Hard Time Making Ends Meet? Are Disney Workers Having a Hard Time Making Ends Meet?
At Disney’s resorts in Florida and California, workers are fighting for better pay and working conditions.
Mar 14, 2018 / Michelle Chen
Is the Opioid Crisis Leading to a Spike in the White Incarceration Rate? Is the Opioid Crisis Leading to a Spike in the White Incarceration Rate?
Though African Americans remain disproportionately impacted by the criminal-justice system, drug laws are locking up an increasing number of whites as well.
Mar 7, 2018 / Michelle Chen
Trump’s Abortion Gag Rule Is Hurting Reproductive Rights Around the Globe Trump’s Abortion Gag Rule Is Hurting Reproductive Rights Around the Globe
This administration’s version of the Global Gag Rule could impact up to 26 million women worldwide.
Mar 6, 2018 / Michelle Chen
Are Uber’s Anti-Regulatory Crusades Hurting Drivers and Their Cities? Are Uber’s Anti-Regulatory Crusades Hurting Drivers and Their Cities?
By pushing business-friendly legislation, the ridesharing industry could be starving cities of taxes that could otherwise be invested in public transportation.
Feb 26, 2018 / Michelle Chen
Will the Supreme Court Deal Public-Sector Unionism a Death Blow? Will the Supreme Court Deal Public-Sector Unionism a Death Blow?
The case Janus v. AFSCME, before the Court now, could make it even harder for unions to stay alive.
Feb 23, 2018 / Michelle Chen
New York’s Separate and Unequal Schools New York’s Separate and Unequal Schools
The nation’s most diverse public school district is also its most divided.
Feb 20, 2018 / Michelle Chen