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Criminal JusticeDecember 27, 2022
Brittney Griner Faced Brutal Conditions in Jail—but So Did Viktor Bout
Amid all the reporting on the Griner-Bout prison swap, almost no one thought to cover what Bout experienced during his 12 years of US imprisonment.
Aviva Stahl and Jeanne Theoharis
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PovertyMarch 1, 2016
Why It Matters That Hillary Clinton Championed Welfare Reform
As poor people suffer without a safety net, it’s time for the two Democratic candidates to start talking about restoring the welfare system.
Alejandra Marchevsky and Jeanne Theoharis
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Racism and DiscriminationDecember 1, 2015
Rosa Parks Wasn’t Meek, Passive, or Naive—and 7 Other Things You Probably Didn’t Learn in School
Much of what students are taught, and much of what most Americans think they know, about Parks’s activism is wrong.
Jeanne Theoharis and Say Burgin
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August 17, 2015
What Julian Bond Taught Me
Freedom movements don’t just happen, they are made—and not by charismatic leaders, but by everyday people possessing great courage.
Jeanne Theoharis
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Jails and PrisonsJanuary 22, 2014
Five Years Ago, Obama Pledged to End Torture. He Still Hasn’t.
Waterboarding may have ended, but the US continues to torture terrorism suspects in American prisons.
Sally Eberhardt and Jeanne Theoharis
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Jails and PrisonsNovember 6, 2013
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Jails and PrisonsSeptember 25, 2013
Guantánamo in New York City
Americans remain mostly blind to the abusive treatment of terror suspects on US soil.
Jeanne Theoharis
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Police and Law EnforcementAugust 5, 2013
What’s Really Behind Obama’s Praise of Ray Kelly?
Obama sounds the notes of racial justice at key moments, while asserting unprecedented power to implement policies that are destructive, discriminatory—and embodied by the NYPD commissioner.
Amna Akbar and Jeanne Theoharis
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ActivismFebruary 28, 2013
Honoring Rosa Parks Requires More Than a Statue
The memorial to Parks turned her into a meek and redemptive figure—instead of the radical freedom fighter she was until the end of her life.
Marwa Amer and Jeanne Theoharis
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International LawSeptember 26, 2012
A Human Rights Court Gives Torture the Green Light
In refusing to block the extradition of terror suspects to the US, the European Court for Human Rights has condoned a brutal regimen of long-term solitary confinement.
Jeanne Theoharis and Saskia Sassen