Law

Jeff Sessions

How the Justice Department Can Help Solve the Opioid Crisis How the Justice Department Can Help Solve the Opioid Crisis

Instead of criminalizing drug use, the Department of Justice should do these three things.

Dec 18, 2017 / Megan McLemore

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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

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Roy Moore Isn’t the Only One Who Thinks Dating Kids Is Fine Roy Moore Isn’t the Only One Who Thinks Dating Kids Is Fine

Just ask their parents first.

Dec 13, 2017 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

ICE detention facility

An HIV-Positive Gay Asylum Seeker Staged a 7-Day Hunger Strike in an ICE Detention Facility An HIV-Positive Gay Asylum Seeker Staged a 7-Day Hunger Strike in an ICE Detention Facility

Protesting prolonged detention, substandard medical care, and parole denial, Jesus Rodriguez Mendoza may soon stop eating again.

Dec 12, 2017 / John Washington

Robert Mueller

Cornered and Facing ‘Existential’ Crisis, Will Trump Fire Mueller? Cornered and Facing ‘Existential’ Crisis, Will Trump Fire Mueller?

His deputy attorney general is under the gun as Trump allies lose patience with the Russiagate investigation.

Dec 12, 2017 / Bob Dreyfuss

Elderly inmates

Our Prison Population Is Getting Older and Older Our Prison Population Is Getting Older and Older

Could programs like compassionate release provide refuge from a criminal-justice system run amok?

Dec 11, 2017 / Michelle Chen

Drone Afghanistan

What Will It Take for America to Wake Up to the Horrifying Reality of US Warfare? What Will It Take for America to Wake Up to the Horrifying Reality of US Warfare?

The great majority of the American people remain studiously indifferent to the charade being played out before their eyes.

Dec 11, 2017 / Andrew J. Bacevich

It’s Time to End Mass Incarceration

It’s Time to End Mass Incarceration It’s Time to End Mass Incarceration

Locking up more and more people for longer and longer won’t make us safer.

Dec 11, 2017 / Brave New Films

Israeli police Palestinian youth

US Tax Dollars Must Not Be Used to Detain Palestinian Children US Tax Dollars Must Not Be Used to Detain Palestinian Children

It’s time to stand up for the human rights of Palestinian children who are mistreated and abused in the Israeli-military detention system.

Dec 11, 2017 / Betty McCollum

US-Mexico border

The United States Is Polluting the World and Locking Refugees Out The United States Is Polluting the World and Locking Refugees Out

Border walls are being erected left and right as natural disasters become more frequent, leaving victims with nowhere to go.

Dec 7, 2017 / Todd Miller

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