Covid Is About to Become the Newest Excuse for Police Brutality Covid Is About to Become the Newest Excuse for Police Brutality
Throughout the country, police are being given new powers to enforce social distancing—and that can only mean one thing for Black people.
May 5, 2020 / Elie Mystal
Protect Victims of Domestic Violence During and After the Pandemic Protect Victims of Domestic Violence During and After the Pandemic
Domestic and sexual violence increases exponentially as a consequence of the pandemic.
Apr 30, 2020 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
This Crisis Demands an End to Mass Incarceration This Crisis Demands an End to Mass Incarceration
Prosecutors are in a unique position to flatten the curve.
Apr 28, 2020 / Tiffany Cabán
SCOTUS Just Found a Way to Inflict More Terror on Immigrants SCOTUS Just Found a Way to Inflict More Terror on Immigrants
A new decision written by Kavanaugh reaffirms the idea that the government can reach into a black or brown person’s life—and destroy it—at any time.
Apr 24, 2020 / Elie Mystal
The Devastating Emotional Toll of Suspending Prison Visits The Devastating Emotional Toll of Suspending Prison Visits
To insulate facilities from the coronavirus, prisons and jails are not allowing people to see their incarcerated loved ones.
Apr 20, 2020 / Karina Piser
You Can’t Police Your Way to Public Health You Can’t Police Your Way to Public Health
Criminalizing social-distancing violations threatens the very communities most vulnerable to the pandemic.
Apr 15, 2020 / Natalie Shure
How the Deportation Machine Criminalizes Immigrants How the Deportation Machine Criminalizes Immigrants
There are no true sanctuaries.
Apr 14, 2020 / Alina Das
Freezing Jail Cells, Broken Showers, and Covid-19 Freezing Jail Cells, Broken Showers, and Covid-19
More than a month into New York City’s coronavirus outbreak, life in one of the most notorious jails continues to deteriorate.
Apr 13, 2020 / Rosa Schwartzburg
Now Is the Time to Dismantle Our Deportation Machine Now Is the Time to Dismantle Our Deportation Machine
Covid-19 makes it clear that our fates are intertwined.
Apr 10, 2020 / Alina Das
‘The Only Plan the Prison Has Is to Leave Us to Die in Our Beds’ ‘The Only Plan the Prison Has Is to Leave Us to Die in Our Beds’
Families of loved ones imprisoned in New York’s notorious Tombs jail report that Covid-19 appears to be spreading in the facility—and there is no hand sanitizer.
Mar 25, 2020 / Rosa Schwartzburg