How to Fight for Women and Girls of Color While Trump Is President How to Fight for Women and Girls of Color While Trump Is President
Under Obama, the White House began collecting critically important data about women and girls of color. Under Trump, that data will become even more important.
Dec 22, 2016 / Dani McClain
Obama’s DOJ Says It One More Time: Private Prisons Aren’t Working Obama’s DOJ Says It One More Time: Private Prisons Aren’t Working
Another audit is perhaps the final piece of official evidence countering Donald Trump’s belief in for-profit incarceration.
Dec 21, 2016 / Editorial / Seth Freed Wessler
Obama Did Not Fail Us—We Failed Each Other Obama Did Not Fail Us—We Failed Each Other
On Barack Obama’s presidency, Trayvon Martin’s death, and the storm clouds of 2016.
Dec 13, 2016 / Feature / Patricia J. Williams
Almost Half a Million People Are in Jail Awaiting Trial Almost Half a Million People Are in Jail Awaiting Trial
How the practice of bail is making us less safe.
Dec 5, 2016 / Video / Brave New Films
Lessons for the Trump Era From the Days Following 9/11 Lessons for the Trump Era From the Days Following 9/11
We’ve been here before, so let’s take stock of what we did right—and what we got wrong.
Dec 1, 2016 / Sayu Bhojwani
Will Immigrants in Long-Term Detention Get Their Day in Court? The Supreme Court Is About to Decide. Will Immigrants in Long-Term Detention Get Their Day in Court? The Supreme Court Is About to Decide.
The Court needs to recognize the constitutional rights of people in detention before it’s too late.
Nov 28, 2016 / Alina Das
Donald Trump’s Looming Mass Criminalization Donald Trump’s Looming Mass Criminalization
The only way to quickly deport 3 million immigrants is to first make them into criminals—and he’ll have the tools to do so on day one.
Nov 28, 2016 / Feature / Seth Freed Wessler
Police Attacked Standing Rock Activists For Hours. Why Are They Calling It A Riot? Police Attacked Standing Rock Activists For Hours. Why Are They Calling It A Riot?
Misleading narratives obscure the reality of the stand at Standing Rock.
Nov 25, 2016 / Evelyn Nieves
Cops Are Watching Your Facebook Feed Cops Are Watching Your Facebook Feed
What are they doing with the data?
Nov 21, 2016 / Rachel Levinson-Waldman
Rudolph Giuliani Can’t Stand the Constitution Rudolph Giuliani Can’t Stand the Constitution
Remember when he was mayor?
Nov 17, 2016 / Alex S. Vitale