Eric Holder Pushes for Reduced Drug Sentences Eric Holder Pushes for Reduced Drug Sentences
The proposal would reduce sentences for nonviolent drug traffickers by about a year.
Mar 13, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
Economic Reform Is a Human Right Economic Reform Is a Human Right
International law can be a powerful advocacy tool for improving economic and social policy.
Mar 13, 2014 / Radhika Balakrishnan and James Heintz
Why We Need a New Church Committee to Fix Our Broken Intelligence System Why We Need a New Church Committee to Fix Our Broken Intelligence System
As Senator Feinstein has revealed, the CIA will not only stall but even spy on Congress to impede its investigation of wrongdoing.
Mar 12, 2014 / Frederick A.O. Schwarz Jr.
De Blasio Hails Crime Stats, but Should Beware Metrics Mania De Blasio Hails Crime Stats, but Should Beware Metrics Mania
The numbers look good. Someday they won’t. Let’s not talk about them so much.
Mar 12, 2014 / Jarrett Murphy
More Than 100 Immigrant Detainees on Hunger Strike Could Be Force-Fed More Than 100 Immigrant Detainees on Hunger Strike Could Be Force-Fed
Hunger strikers at Northwest Detention Center in Washington are demanding better prison conditions and an end to deportations.
Mar 11, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
How to Win the Fight for Immigration Reform How to Win the Fight for Immigration Reform
Change won’t come to America’s broken immigration system from policymakers. It will come from organizers.
Mar 10, 2014 / Oscar Chacon, Amy Shannon, and Foreign Policy In Focus
Rick Perry at CPAC Panel on Criminal Justice: ‘Shut Prisons Down. Save That Money.’ Rick Perry at CPAC Panel on Criminal Justice: ‘Shut Prisons Down. Save That Money.’
You won’t believe what some leading conservatives had to say about criminal justice reform this week—because they were actually right.
Mar 7, 2014 / George Zornick
What Happens When Mexico’s Drug Kingpin Falls? What Happens When Mexico’s Drug Kingpin Falls?
US officials claim the capture of Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán is a major drug war victory. They're wrong.
Mar 7, 2014 / Laura Carlsen and Foreign Policy In Focus
Subway Arrests Are Up 300 Percent Under de Blasio and Bratton. Why? Subway Arrests Are Up 300 Percent Under de Blasio and Bratton. Why?
Overall stops and arrests are down, but arrests of panhandlers and peddlers are way up.
Mar 6, 2014 / Jarrett Murphy
DOJ Drops Most of the Charges Against a Journalist Indicted for Sharing a Link DOJ Drops Most of the Charges Against a Journalist Indicted for Sharing a Link
Barrett Brown’s attorneys warned that the charges against their client had chilling implications for free speech rights.
Mar 5, 2014 / Steven Hsieh