Youth Are on the Frontlines in Ferguson, and They Refuse to Back Down Youth Are on the Frontlines in Ferguson, and They Refuse to Back Down
Faced with police brutality, white hostility and entrenched racism, young activists are showing the world a new kind of resistance.
Oct 16, 2014 / Muna Mire
What Happens When A City Decides to Offer Addicts Services, Not Prison Sentences? What Happens When A City Decides to Offer Addicts Services, Not Prison Sentences?
Inspired by Seattle, Santa Fe adopts the LEAD program to divert people arrested for drug possession away from the criminal justice system and into treatment.
Oct 15, 2014 / Aaron Miguel Cantú
Will Your Child Grow Up to Be Victim or Torturer? Will Your Child Grow Up to Be Victim or Torturer?
While 90 percent of teens break the law, only some enter a violent system.
Oct 15, 2014 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Can Ferguson’s Protests Build a Nationwide Movement Against Police Violence? Can Ferguson’s Protests Build a Nationwide Movement Against Police Violence?
More than sixty days after the killing of Michael Brown, Ferguson October is building momentum against police violence.
Oct 14, 2014 / Melissa Harris-Perry
It’s Time for the NYPD to Stop Treating Mentally Ill New Yorkers Like Criminals It’s Time for the NYPD to Stop Treating Mentally Ill New Yorkers Like Criminals
How a crisis intervention program pioneered in Memphis could save lives and prevent arrests.
Oct 9, 2014 / Agnes Radomski
Mental Illness, Homelessness, Drug Addiction: Do These Sound Like Crimes? Mental Illness, Homelessness, Drug Addiction: Do These Sound Like Crimes?
Why are we letting these serious social problems be handled by the criminal justice system?
Oct 9, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith
A Mental Health Crisis Shouldn’t End in a Jail Cell A Mental Health Crisis Shouldn’t End in a Jail Cell
Nearly $9 billion per year is spent locking up people struggling with mental illness.
Oct 9, 2014 / Kara Dansky
Why Are We Using Prisons to Treat the Mentally Ill? Why Are We Using Prisons to Treat the Mentally Ill?
As part of OverCriminalized, our video series produced in partnership with the ACLU and Brave New Films, we're calling on Congress to put the focus of mental health reform wher...
Oct 8, 2014 / NationAction
In the Wake of Ferguson, Demand Concrete Change In the Wake of Ferguson, Demand Concrete Change
We’ve joined forces with ColorofChange.org, Daily Kos, the Advancement Project and a host of other organizations to call on the executive branch of our federal government to ...
Oct 8, 2014 / NationAction
Michael Dunn Was Found Guilty—but That’s Not Enough to Ensure Justice in an Unjust World Michael Dunn Was Found Guilty—but That’s Not Enough to Ensure Justice in an Unjust World
A guilty verdict does not undo the racist world we live in.
Oct 2, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith