How Democrats Can Mobilize Millions of Non-Voters How Democrats Can Mobilize Millions of Non-Voters
If black millenials decide to vote en masse, our politics could be upended.
Jan 23, 2018 / Sean McElwee
These Students Are Teaming Up to Pay Dollar Bails for Detained New Yorkers These Students Are Teaming Up to Pay Dollar Bails for Detained New Yorkers
The Dollar Bail Brigade has freed 78 people and grown into a network of more than 600 volunteers.
Jan 22, 2018 / StudentNation / Mary Akdemir
Florida’s Prison Laborers Are Going On Strike Florida’s Prison Laborers Are Going On Strike
Demanding fair pay for their work and an end to brutal conditions, the inmates are putting pressure on the Florida prison system’s bottom line.
Jan 15, 2018 / John Washington
How a Group Policing Model Is Criminalizing Whole Communities How a Group Policing Model Is Criminalizing Whole Communities
While the Ceasefire model of policing looks progressive, its reliance on collective punishment is anything but.
Jan 12, 2018 / Max Rivlin-Nadler
For-Profit Prisons For-Profit Prisons
The incentive to incarcerate.
Jan 11, 2018 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
All They Want for Christmas Is a Limit on Solitary Confinement All They Want for Christmas Is a Limit on Solitary Confinement
Prison-reform advocates send New York Governor Andrew Cuomo a Christmas card, asking him to spend a day alone in a cell.
Dec 22, 2017 / Victoria Law
‘We’re Basically Guessing on These Cases’: Louisiana’s Disastrous Resentencing Hearings ‘We’re Basically Guessing on These Cases’: Louisiana’s Disastrous Resentencing Hearings
SCOTUS has required the reconsideration of hundreds of sentences that put kids in prison for life.
Dec 22, 2017 / Jessica Pishko
Keep the Fight Against Trump Alive With a Generous Donation This Holiday Season Keep the Fight Against Trump Alive With a Generous Donation This Holiday Season
These organizations are fighting the pernicious effects of his administration. Now’s the time to give them a boost.
Dec 21, 2017 / Column / Katha Pollitt
This Ballot Initiative Could Restore Voting Rights to More Than a Million Floridians This Ballot Initiative Could Restore Voting Rights to More Than a Million Floridians
If it passes, the measure will automatically re-enfranchise most felons after their sentences are complete.
Dec 20, 2017 / Sasha Abramsky
Under Trump, the Private-Prison Boom Shows No Sign of Slowing Under Trump, the Private-Prison Boom Shows No Sign of Slowing
A conversation with Lauren-Brooke Eisen on her new book on private prisons and the long shadow of mass incarceration.
Dec 14, 2017 / John Washington