Criminal Justice

Jeff Sessions

Memo Restoring Use of Private Prisons Is Good News for One Company Memo Restoring Use of Private Prisons Is Good News for One Company

There is an obvious trail from Jeff Sessions to a major contractor.

Feb 24, 2017 / David Dayen

Bayview Correctional Facility

This Building Was Once a Notorious Women’s Prison. Now It’s Becoming a Center for Feminist Organizing. This Building Was Once a Notorious Women’s Prison. Now It’s Becoming a Center for Feminist Organizing.

Formerly incarcerated women are helping plan the transformation of Bayview Correctional Facility into a Women’s Building.

Feb 22, 2017 / Victoria Law

Immigration protesters

How Local Leaders Can Resist Trump’s Deportation Machine How Local Leaders Can Resist Trump’s Deportation Machine

They should “explicitly remove immigration enforcement from the purview of their local law-enforcement departments.”

Feb 10, 2017 / Kung Li

Barack Obama

Barack Obama Radically Expanded Our Appreciation of African-American History Barack Obama Radically Expanded Our Appreciation of African-American History

By preserving sites that have been central to the black experience, Obama helped revitalize our civic religion.

Feb 2, 2017 / Robert Greene II

Russia Domestic Violence

Russians Don’t Want to Live in the Middle Ages Russians Don’t Want to Live in the Middle Ages

By reducing the penalty for domestic violence, the Duma yet again failed to heed the voices of citizens and experts.

Feb 1, 2017 / Blog / Nadezhda Azhgikhina

Marching Against Trump, Progressives in Cincinnati Put a Blue Dot in Red Ohio

Marching Against Trump, Progressives in Cincinnati Put a Blue Dot in Red Ohio Marching Against Trump, Progressives in Cincinnati Put a Blue Dot in Red Ohio

The question remains whether the energy displayed Saturday will carry over into other ongoing local struggles.

Jan 23, 2017 / Dani McClain

Has America Ever Elected a ‘Legitimate’ President?

Has America Ever Elected a ‘Legitimate’ President? Has America Ever Elected a ‘Legitimate’ President?

Given how hard it is to vote, and how actively some states discourage voting, America elects legal presidents—but not legitimate ones.

Jan 21, 2017 / Rev. Jesse L. Jackson

Jeff Sessions

As Attorney General, Jeff Sessions Would Be a Threat to Civil Rights As Attorney General, Jeff Sessions Would Be a Threat to Civil Rights

He will be the most dangerous on issues where the Obama administration has been the most successful.

Jan 19, 2017 / Editorial / Ari Berman

Dylann Roof

A Racial-Justice Argument Against Killing Dylann Roof A Racial-Justice Argument Against Killing Dylann Roof

When we grant states the right to kill its citizens, we are accepting all forms of state-sanctioned violence.

Jan 16, 2017 / Jen Marlowe

Leonard Peltier

Many Need Clemency Before Trump Takes Office. Here’s What You Can Do to Help Many Need Clemency Before Trump Takes Office. Here’s What You Can Do to Help

For some, this may be their last chance.

Jan 13, 2017 / no-paywall / Atoosa Moinzadeh

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