Law

Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates

On Private Federal Prisons, a Victory for Independent Journalism On Private Federal Prisons, a Victory for Independent Journalism

This victory shows that reform is still possible, citizen movements and independent journalism still matter, and decent officials can make a difference.

Aug 23, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Women in Jail

Why Are There So Many Women in Jail? Why Are There So Many Women in Jail?

The number of women in jails has skyrocketed over the past four decades.

Aug 22, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Reeves riot

This Is Why I Come to Work Every Day This Is Why I Come to Work Every Day

Even in the age of Trump, facts still can and do matter. Our work is to ferret them out and wield them as tools for reform.

Aug 19, 2016 / Kai Wright

Adams birdseye prison

The Justice Department Will End All Federal Private Prisons, Following a ‘Nation’ Investigation The Justice Department Will End All Federal Private Prisons, Following a ‘Nation’ Investigation

Our yearlong probe uncovered dozens of questionable deaths and years of dire warnings from internal monitors.

Aug 18, 2016 / Seth Freed Wessler

Disarm Hate Gun Protest

Voters Are Ready to Punish Pro-Gun Politicians. There’s Just One Problem. Voters Are Ready to Punish Pro-Gun Politicians. There’s Just One Problem.

Voters don’t seem to know where key senators actually stand on background checks.

Aug 18, 2016 / George Zornick

Donald Trump Youngstown

Trump’s Speech on Terrorism Was an Inexcusable Exercise in Scapegoating and Scaremongering Trump’s Speech on Terrorism Was an Inexcusable Exercise in Scapegoating and Scaremongering

From ISIS to the Iraq War to immigration—what wasn’t wrong about Trump’s speech.

Aug 18, 2016 / James Carden

Why Is the Obama Administration Keeping Toddlers Behind Bars?

Why Is the Obama Administration Keeping Toddlers Behind Bars? Why Is the Obama Administration Keeping Toddlers Behind Bars?

Twenty-two women stuck in a legal limbo with their children are on a hunger strike in Pennsylvania.

Aug 17, 2016 / Joshua Holland

Demonstrators against ICE

ICE Is Still Deporting Asylum Seekers ICE Is Still Deporting Asylum Seekers

A lawsuit against the federal government shows how asylum-seeking families from Central America are being targeted through raids.

Aug 17, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Trump / Wilmington riots

The Scary History of Trump’s Second-Amendment Call to Action The Scary History of Trump’s Second-Amendment Call to Action

In North Carolina, we have heard this before, and lived through the bloody consequences of white terrorist rhetoric.

Aug 17, 2016 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

If You Want to Know the Truth About the Criminal-Justice System, Talk to This Private Investigator

If You Want to Know the Truth About the Criminal-Justice System, Talk to This Private Investigator If You Want to Know the Truth About the Criminal-Justice System, Talk to This Private Investigator

In this age of racial profiling, mandatory sentencing, and execution-by-cop, defending people is nearly impossible.

Aug 16, 2016 / Judith Coburn

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