Criminal Justice

Tiffany Caban Somber Recount

What Tiffany Cabán’s Concession Means for Queens What Tiffany Cabán’s Concession Means for Queens

“Four years from now there’s going to be a movement of people who are hungry for real, transformative criminal justice reform.”

Aug 7, 2019 / Ross Barkan

Shani Curry Mitchell

A Progressive Prosecutor Sets Her Sights on Upstate New York A Progressive Prosecutor Sets Her Sights on Upstate New York

Shani Curry Mitchell is challenging her Republican ex-boss in Monroe County’s next district attorney race. 

Aug 1, 2019 / Ross Barkan

Katz Caban Recount

The Queens District Attorney Race Goes to Court The Queens District Attorney Race Goes to Court

The runoff between Tiffany Cabán and Melinda Katz isn’t over until the courts decide it is. 

Jul 31, 2019 / Ross Barkan

The Trump Administration’s Death Penalty Cult

The Trump Administration’s Death Penalty Cult The Trump Administration’s Death Penalty Cult

William Barr’s decision amounts to playing politics with death.

Jul 26, 2019 / Winnie Wong

Harvard Prison Divest Protests

Harvard Students Are Demanding More Than Divestment From Prison Profiteers Harvard Students Are Demanding More Than Divestment From Prison Profiteers

Reinvestment is an opening to the path to reparative justice.

Jul 26, 2019 / StudentNation / Pearl Bhatnagar and Anneke Gronke

Eric Garner protest

Eric Garner’s Killer Got a Raise—and de Blasio Did Nothing Eric Garner’s Killer Got a Raise—and de Blasio Did Nothing

That and 10 other times the New York City mayor failed to hold Officer Daniel Pantaleo to account.

Jul 25, 2019 / Jumaane D. Williams

Miami Herald Sign

If Jeffrey Epstein Faces Justice, It’ll Be Thanks to a Local Newspaper If Jeffrey Epstein Faces Justice, It’ll Be Thanks to a Local Newspaper

The decline of regional news will lead to a golden age of corruption.

Jul 17, 2019 / The Liberal Media / Eric Alterman

Donald Trump and the Plot to Take Over the Courts

Donald Trump and the Plot to Take Over the Courts Donald Trump and the Plot to Take Over the Courts

How the 45th president has packed the courts with ultraconservatives—and reshaped the judiciary for a generation.

Jul 15, 2019 / Feature / Elie Mystal

Tiffany Cabana and Melinda Katz

The Truth About the Queens DA Recount The Truth About the Queens DA Recount

While leftists in Queens have come very far in a year, they still haven’t seized every rein of power.

Jul 11, 2019 / Ross Barkan

Jeffrey Epstein Embodies Elite Impunity

Jeffrey Epstein Embodies Elite Impunity Jeffrey Epstein Embodies Elite Impunity

The arrest of one man is not enough. We have to fight the system that allowed a wealthy child molester to escape real justice.

Jul 10, 2019 / Jeet Heer

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