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October 7, 2022
Biden Just Made Marijuana Reform a Major 2022 Issue. Democrats Should Run With It.
Voters of all backgrounds support pardoning Americans with federal convictions for marijuana possession.
John Nichols
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September 13, 2021
David Gilbert Should Be Free
Given his perfect 40-year record, denial by the Parole Board would signal that prison is just about punishment and revenge.
John Mage
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October 8, 2020
The Prisoners Who Were Convicted by Hung Juries
In Louisiana, at least 1,601 people are still incarcerated on the basis of a Jim Crow–era law allowing for conviction by a nonunanimous verdict.
Zoé Chevalier
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July 2, 2020
Maya Moore for the Win
Jonathan Irons finally walks free thanks to the efforts of the all-time basketball great.
Dave Zirin
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January 29, 2020
Tennessee’s Chemical Castration Bill Shows Local Republicans Have One Thing on Their Minds
“It’s a return, if you will, to the dark ages,” one civil rights advocate says.
Jennifer Bernstein
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March 14, 2019
The TV Series Derailing Bail Reform in New Orleans
The tough-on-crime spin is undercutting the hard work of activists and criminal justice experts in the city.
Emmeline Clein
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February 7, 2019
21 Savage Is Every Immigrant
The rapper’s dramatic arrest is typical of ICE’s race-baiting and fear-mongering.
Chris Gelardi
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August 2, 2018
Will Justice Ever Come to Ferguson, Missouri?
A Q&A with Wesley Bell, who is pitching himself as the criminal-justice reformer St. Louis County needs.
Jessica Pishko
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February 22, 2018
Prosecutors and Judges Have Brought Back Debtors’ Prisons
A new report details how easily you can be put in jail simply for owing a company money.
David Dayen
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November 21, 2017
Anatomy of an Abduction: The Deportation of Cambodian American Refugees
Cambodians displaced by American bombs are being sent back to a country they barely know.
J.M. Wong