Jails and Prisons

Juvenile prisons

Our Criminal Courts Are Failing Juvenile Defendants Our Criminal Courts Are Failing Juvenile Defendants

Young people are too often viewed as social liabilities rather than individuals with a future.

Aug 31, 2017 / Michelle Chen

Katie Yow with Poster

Why 1 Anarchist Is Choosing Jail Over Grand-Jury Testimony Why 1 Anarchist Is Choosing Jail Over Grand-Jury Testimony

For decades, grand juries have been used to investigate and intimidate activist communities.

Aug 30, 2017 / Natasha Lennard

Activists pose after a Confederate statue is toppled in Durham, NC.

The Activists Who Took Down the Confederate Statue in Durham Still Need Our Help. Here’s What You Can Do The Activists Who Took Down the Confederate Statue in Durham Still Need Our Help. Here’s What You Can Do

Activists from the viral video are facing felony charges. 

Aug 25, 2017 / Elizabeth Adetiba

The Secret to This Video Game? You Can’t Win.

The Secret to This Video Game? You Can’t Win. The Secret to This Video Game? You Can’t Win.

Brave New Films created a game that mimics the feeling of being trapped in debt.

Aug 18, 2017 / Robert Greenwald

Heather Heyer Protest

Can Jeff Sessions Provide Justice for Heather Heyer? Can Jeff Sessions Provide Justice for Heather Heyer?

Sessions’s perverted sense of justice continues to undermine civil rights, not protect them.

Aug 15, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Sedrine Tunisia

‘Why So Much Cruelty?’ ‘Why So Much Cruelty?’

Tunisia’s Truth and Dignity Commission is unique in the Arab world. But is the country too small a place to tell the truth about human-rights abuses?

Aug 11, 2017 / Ursula Lindsey

ICE arrest

An Elite Soccer Team Protests ICE After Their Teammate Is Detained An Elite Soccer Team Protests ICE After Their Teammate Is Detained

Lizandro Claros had a soccer scholarship waiting for him, but Trump’s agenda turned a promising future on its head.

Aug 7, 2017 / Dave Zirin

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Letters From the August 14-21, 2017, Issue Letters From the August 14-21, 2017, Issue

The real crime… Reconstructing/deconstructing… Eating the environment…

Jul 27, 2017 / Our Readers

Cash Bail Robs Families and Destroys Lives

Cash Bail Robs Families and Destroys Lives Cash Bail Robs Families and Destroys Lives

This summer, join us in breaking down the barriers that are robbing people—particularly people of color—of both actual and economic freedom.

Jul 25, 2017 / Robert Greenwald

Former NFL football star O.J. Simpson appears for his parole hearing at the Lovelock Correctional Center in Lovelock, Nevada, on Thursday, July 20, 2017.

O.J.’s Parole: A Fitting End to the ‘Fifth Quarter’ O.J.’s Parole: A Fitting End to the ‘Fifth Quarter’

The decision to parole O.J. Simpson will rankle some, but it was correct and just.

Jul 20, 2017 / Dave Zirin

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