You Have the Right to an Attorney, but It Might Cost You You Have the Right to an Attorney, but It Might Cost You
Approximately 40 states allow courts to charge for the use of a public defender, acting as an additional punishment for those who cannot afford to pay.
Oct 30, 2023 / StudentNation / Nicholas Miller
They Were Supposed to Be Free. Why Are They Locked Up? They Were Supposed to Be Free. Why Are They Locked Up?
No one wants a person convicted of a sex offense in their neighborhood. So New York keeps them in prison long past their release dates.
Oct 17, 2023 / Feature / Chris Gelardi
Celebrate Equity! Celebrate Equity!
Street art in Cambridge Mass. Photo by Peter Kuper.
It’s Time to Abolish Grand Juries Once and for All It’s Time to Abolish Grand Juries Once and for All
Whether they’re targeting Donald Trump or Cop City protesters, grand juries are an irredeemable and unaccountable tool of state prosecutorial power.
Sep 27, 2023 / Chava Shapiro and James Clark
The Supreme Court Could Soon Let Trump Buy All the Guns He Wants The Supreme Court Could Soon Let Trump Buy All the Guns He Wants
Trump is currently prohibited from buying guns because he’s under criminal indictment. But two big court cases could change that.
Sep 26, 2023 / Elie Mystal
How Georgia Indicted a Movement How Georgia Indicted a Movement
The state’s prosecution of Stop Cop City protesters is astonishingly honest in its ambitions to crush Georgia’s left.
Sep 12, 2023 / Zohra Ahmed and Elizabeth Taxel
September 11, 22nd Anniversary September 11, 22nd Anniversary
Militants associated with al-Qaeda carried out the deadliest terrorist attacks on American soil in U.S. history, resulting in almost 3,000 people killed in New York, Washington DC,...
Sep 11, 2023 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
In Defense of Drug Decriminalization—Yes, in Oregon In Defense of Drug Decriminalization—Yes, in Oregon
By passing Measure 110, Oregonians sought to begin undoing the harms caused by over 50 years of a failed War on Drugs. Those harms won’t be fixed overnight.
Sep 8, 2023 / Abdullah Shihipar, Alexandria Macmadu, and Brandon D.L. Marshall
Progressives Need to Have Real Answers on Crime Progressives Need to Have Real Answers on Crime
California shows that unless the left acknowledges the need to make communities safe while maintaining support for criminal justice reform, right-wing demagogues will latch onto t...
Sep 1, 2023 / Sasha Abramsky
Chile: The Secrets the US Government Continues to Hide Chile: The Secrets the US Government Continues to Hide
Fifty years after the military coup that brought down Salvador Allende and installed the Pinochet dicatorship, there are still top secret documents on the US role that must be dec...
Aug 31, 2023 / Peter Kornbluh