Who Profits From Our Prison System? Who Profits From Our Prison System?
Mapping the corporations and firms with stakes in our jails, prisons, and immigrant-detention centers.
Aug 9, 2018 / Michelle Chen
What Is Prison Abolition? What Is Prison Abolition?
The movement that is trying to think beyond prisons as a tool to solve society’s problems.
Jul 31, 2018 / John Washington
‘As Long As Solitary Exists, They Will Find a Way to Use It’ ‘As Long As Solitary Exists, They Will Find a Way to Use It’
Five years after he helped launch the largest-ever prison hunger strike, Todd Ashker is back in isolation. And he’s not the only one.
Jul 13, 2018 / Victoria Law
A New Embassy in Jerusalem, an Old Struggle in Gaza A New Embassy in Jerusalem, an Old Struggle in Gaza
Amy Wilentz on the American embassy in Israel, Rachel Kushner on The Mars Room, and Patricia J. Williams on the legacy of lynching.
May 17, 2018 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Legal-Aid Services Are Being Starved Legal-Aid Services Are Being Starved
Law schools are trying to address this chronic underfunding, but there needs to be a broader rallying cry.
Mar 22, 2018 / Douglas Grant
Chris Hayes: For Trump, Crime Is Not a Problem to Be Solved, It Is a Weapon to Be Wielded Chris Hayes: For Trump, Crime Is Not a Problem to Be Solved, It Is a Weapon to Be Wielded
How the president has changed the “law and order” debate.
Mar 9, 2018 / Audio / Jon Wiener
Progressive Change Is Rocking One of the Most Unlikely Places in Philadelphia—the DA’s Office Progressive Change Is Rocking One of the Most Unlikely Places in Philadelphia—the DA’s Office
Dispatches from the Urban Resistance, from Philly to Kansas City and beyond.
Feb 28, 2018 / Cities Rising / Jimmy Tobias
Waiting for Cuomo: NY Prisoners Hope for Clemency From the Governor Waiting for Cuomo: NY Prisoners Hope for Clemency From the Governor
It’s time for New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to live up to his pledge and cut short more prison sentences.
Feb 22, 2018 / Victoria Law
How Democrats Can Mobilize Millions of Non-Voters How Democrats Can Mobilize Millions of Non-Voters
If black millenials decide to vote en masse, our politics could be upended.
Jan 23, 2018 / Sean McElwee
These Students Are Teaming Up to Pay Dollar Bails for Detained New Yorkers These Students Are Teaming Up to Pay Dollar Bails for Detained New Yorkers
The Dollar Bail Brigade has freed 78 people and grown into a network of more than 600 volunteers.
Jan 22, 2018 / StudentNation / Mary Akdemir