Criminal Justice

“You Come Out With Nothing”: What It Means to Bring Back the Box at Rikers

“You Come Out With Nothing”: What It Means to Bring Back the Box at Rikers “You Come Out With Nothing”: What It Means to Bring Back the Box at Rikers

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has vowed to keep punitive segregation going in an attempt to curb the jails’ exploding violence. 

Jan 11, 2022 / Victoria Law

Jarvis Masters

Free Jarvis Jay Masters! Free Jarvis Jay Masters!

It’s long past time for California Governor Gavin Newsom—and the mainstream media—to take up the cause of a man who is almost certainly innocent of the crime that landed him on San...

Jan 7, 2022 / Tom Gogola

Will Garland Do What It Takes to Bring the Insurrectionists to Justice?

Will Garland Do What It Takes to Bring the Insurrectionists to Justice? Will Garland Do What It Takes to Bring the Insurrectionists to Justice?

A lot is riding on the attorney general’s prosecution of January 6 insurrectionists—including whether future coup plotters think they’ll be able to get away with it.

Jan 5, 2022 / Elie Mystal

Sens. Chuck Schumer and Raphael Warnock

The Best Way to Commemorate January 6 Is to Pass a Voting Rights Law The Best Way to Commemorate January 6 Is to Pass a Voting Rights Law

On January 5, 2021, Georgia’s Democratic majority took the Senate. The very next day, America’s violent white minority struck back. A voting rights push this week will make clear h...

Jan 4, 2022 / Joan Walsh

Parents of Daunte Wright

Daunte Wright’s Family Gets Accountability, if Not Justice Daunte Wright’s Family Gets Accountability, if Not Justice

The jury’s Christmas Eve verdict that veteran office Kim Potter was guilty of manslaughter is “a critical step on the road to justice.”

Dec 28, 2021 / Ibrahim Hirsi

When Whiny, Incompetent Nazis Lost Big

When Whiny, Incompetent Nazis Lost Big When Whiny, Incompetent Nazis Lost Big

The civil trial of the white supremacists who planned the deadly Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville in 2017 brought some measure of justice. But the threat of violence still ...

Dec 23, 2021 / Feature / Joan Walsh

Prisoners in Mississippi getting the covid vaccines

As Covid Surges Again, Decarceration Is More Necessary Than Ever As Covid Surges Again, Decarceration Is More Necessary Than Ever

American jails and prisons have become increasingly deadly places. Lawmakers must stop putting off the real solution.

Dec 22, 2021 / Amanda Klonsky and Eric Reinhart

A Sheriff for the People

A Sheriff for the People A Sheriff for the People

Following her recent victory in New Orleans, Susan Hutson will become the first female Black sheriff in Louisiana history.

Dec 21, 2021 / Tom Gogola

My Neighbor Protested His Family’s Expulsion From Its Home—Now He’s in an Israeli Prison

My Neighbor Protested His Family’s Expulsion From Its Home—Now He’s in an Israeli Prison My Neighbor Protested His Family’s Expulsion From Its Home—Now He’s in an Israeli Prison

Murad Attieh has been in prison for 133 days for what many believe is an effort to criminalize our movement.

Dec 21, 2021 / Mohammed El-Kurd

The Death of Glenn Foster

The Death of Glenn Foster The Death of Glenn Foster

The former NFL player was killed in police custody. His family and friends and trying to piece together what happened.

Dec 14, 2021 / LeAlan M. Jones

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