‘The New York Times’ Wants Gary Webb to Stay Dead ‘The New York Times’ Wants Gary Webb to Stay Dead
Many journalists went after Webb, destroying his reputation and driving him out of the profession and into a suicidal depression. Now they’re at it again.
Oct 10, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Greg Grandin
Can China Pacify Its Restive Minorities Peacefully? Can China Pacify Its Restive Minorities Peacefully?
Beijing is experimenting with "soft power" approaches, but brute force remains an omnipresent threat.
Oct 9, 2014 / Piero Sarmiento and Foreign Policy In Focus
Scariest Ad of the Week Scariest Ad of the Week
Agree with this ad, or else.
Oct 9, 2014 / Leslie Savan
Guess Who’s Holding Up Ebola Aid? Guess Who’s Holding Up Ebola Aid?
A Republican Senator criticized Obama’s plan because it “focuses on Africa.”
Oct 9, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
Alabama’s New Law Will Let Fetuses Have Lawyers Alabama’s New Law Will Let Fetuses Have Lawyers
Laws requiring teens to tell their parents they’re having an abortion are a problem everywhere they exist, but Alabama’s represents a new low.
Oct 9, 2014 / Dani McClain
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
The Supreme Court Approves the Country’s Worst Voting Restrictions in North Carolina The Supreme Court Approves the Country’s Worst Voting Restrictions in North Carolina
The country’s worst voter suppression law is now in effect for the midterms.
Oct 9, 2014 / Ari Berman
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