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May 25, 2023
Maryland’s Solitary Confinement Reform Bill Stalls in the Democratic State Legislature
Lawmakers “had the opportunity to do something that would have made a huge systemic change and put the state on the right path—and they didn’t,” said the bill’s author.
Victoria Law
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May 22, 2023
When “Suicide Watch” Becomes a Death Sentence
Instead of the help they need, people in prisons and jails with mental health issues are often left alone to suffer—and sometimes die.
Katie Rose Quandt
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May 18, 2023
Philadelphia’s Next Mayor Will Almost Certainly Be a Black Woman
Yet, for all her claims to history, primary winner Cherelle Parker was the status quo candidate in a city where the status quo is badly broken.
Gene Seymour
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May 8, 2023
Jeffrey Epstein, Harvard Man
Why a horrific criminal found elite universities so congenial.
Jeet Heer
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May 4, 2023
The New York Law Everyone Is Watching
The HALT Act was passed to end long-term solitary confinement. Enforcing it is a whole new struggle.
Victoria Law
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May 2, 2023
A Texas Prison Guard Punishes a Woman for Talking About Abortion
Legal experts told The Nation it’s not illegal. But that didn’t stop one guard from moving a woman to extreme isolation after sharing sexual health information.
Victoria Law
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May 2, 2023
Emptying Guantánamo Is Not the Same as Closing Guantánamo
Unless the post-9/11 forever prison is permanently shuttered, it’s only a matter of time before one of Biden’s successors takes up Trump’s unrealized call to fill it back up with “some bad dudes.”
Spencer Ackerman
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April 14, 2023
The Julian Assange Test Facing Every Member of the House
How many representatives have the courage to defend the freedom of the press? Rashida Tlaib wants to find out.
John Nichols
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April 13, 2023
Chicago’s Rich Organizing Tradition Paid Off, Delivering Victory for Brandon Johnson
The Windy City’s first movement mayor faces a formidable array of challenges, testing him and the coalition that brought him into office.
Barbara Ransby
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April 7, 2023
Their Loved Ones Were Killed by Police. Why Are Officers Still Harassing Them?
In Los Angeles County, grieving families are retaliated against for speaking out against police violence.
Francisco Aviles Pino