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February 25, 2021
Mexico Could Soon Become the Largest Legal Marijuana Market in the World
But activists say the law fails to address the widespread pain that decades of militarized enforcement have caused.
Maya Averbuch
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February 9, 2021
How Progressive District Attorneys Are Leading the Charge to Fix Our Broken Justice System
From Philadelphia to Portsmouth, Va., the successes are piling up.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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December 31, 2020
What an Ex-Cop Learned in Prison About Police Culture
Brooks Laughlin tells incarcerated writer Michael J. Moore, “The most manly thing you can do is ask for help.”
Michael J. Moore
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December 28, 2020
House Democrats’ Marijuana Decriminalization Vote Is Huge—and Not Enough
This is exactly the right time to start pulling back from the war on drugs.
Kali Holloway
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November 25, 2020
Good Times and End Times on 26th and Folsom
The weed is legal, the virus is spiking, and kids dream of robots protecting their families from the landlord.
Roberto Lovato
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November 19, 2020
‘I Experience a Hollowing Fear Any Time I’m Stopped by Police’
Gutting the Fourth Amendment has turned tiny traffic violations into abusive traffic stops and coercive searches for millions of Black drivers like myself.
Philip V. McHarris
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November 4, 2020
California Chooses Criminal Justice Reform
Results are not final, and some are not progressive, but Golden State voters continue to turn away from the tough-on-crime course set in the 1990s.
Sasha Abramsky
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October 23, 2020
Trump Sinks to New Depths of Deceit and Depravity
His mendacity level was through the roof, and his lack of empathy was even more on display.
Sasha Abramsky
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September 30, 2020
BLACK LIVES MATTER
Police violence against Black Americans prevails with impunity. Billboard: Grand Ave, Phoenix, AZ . Photo: Lynn Trimble (Phoenix New Times)
Karen Fiorito
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September 17, 2020
Why Drug Overdoses Have Gone Up During the Pandemic
“It’s really hard to think about recovery, or putting down substances, when your basic human needs aren’t being met.”
Mattea Kramer