Police and Law Enforcement

Bail Out

The TV Series Derailing Bail Reform in New Orleans The TV Series Derailing Bail Reform in New Orleans

The tough-on-crime spin is undercutting the hard work of activists and criminal justice experts in the city.

Mar 14, 2019 / Emmeline Clein

Chaldean Iraqis protest ICE

ICE Is Terrorizing Iraqi-American Communities ICE Is Terrorizing Iraqi-American Communities

The immigration-enforcement agency has launched a deportation campaign involving coercion, “demonstrably false” court declarations, and outright lies.

Mar 8, 2019 / Chris Gelardi

‘A New Horror’: Sikh Men Go on Hunger Strike in ICE Custody

‘A New Horror’: Sikh Men Go on Hunger Strike in ICE Custody ‘A New Horror’: Sikh Men Go on Hunger Strike in ICE Custody

We watched one hunger striker, seemingly on the brink of death, collapse in front of us.

Mar 7, 2019 / Margaret Brown Vega and Nathan Craig

Exclusive: ICE Has Kept Tabs on ‘Anti-Trump’ Protesters in New York City

Exclusive: ICE Has Kept Tabs on ‘Anti-Trump’ Protesters in New York City Exclusive: ICE Has Kept Tabs on ‘Anti-Trump’ Protesters in New York City

Documents reveal that the immigration enforcement agency has been keenly attuned to left-leaning protests in the city. 

Mar 6, 2019 / Editorial / Jimmy Tobias

Migrant caravan in Tijuana

Trump Is Fetishizing Death to Justify His Cruelty at the Border Trump Is Fetishizing Death to Justify His Cruelty at the Border

The president is furthering a legacy of brutality that stretches back to the Mexican-American War.  

Mar 5, 2019 / Greg Grandin

USICE

US Immigration Is Stuck in the Stone Age—and It’s Putting Lives In Danger US Immigration Is Stuck in the Stone Age—and It’s Putting Lives In Danger

In Trump’s America, paperwork can be lethal. 

Mar 5, 2019 / Daniel Moattar

Mariah Parker, new Athens, GA county commissioner

Mariah Parker Invites You to Be Your Complete, Weird, Messy Self Mariah Parker Invites You to Be Your Complete, Weird, Messy Self

The 27-year-old Athens, Georgia, county commissioner leans into her humanity as she fights for social justice.

Mar 1, 2019 / Drinks On The Nation / Aaron Ross Coleman

Philippines Senator Leila de Lima

Not Even Prison Walls Can Silence Duterte’s Nemesis Not Even Prison Walls Can Silence Duterte’s Nemesis

Amid a crackdown on independent media, the defiant Philippine Senator Leila de Lima enters her third year as a political prisoner.

Feb 27, 2019 / Walden Bello

William Barr

Barr Becomes Attorney General Again Barr Becomes Attorney General Again

Once more you’re head of Justice, William Barr. In your career you’ve surely traveled far. But now we’re going to see just who you are: If told to fold, will you say au revoir Or w…

Feb 21, 2019 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Metropolitan Detention Center

For Criminal Justice Reform, the First Step Act Is Just the Start For Criminal Justice Reform, the First Step Act Is Just the Start

Progressives should seize on the law’s momentum and help it grow.

Feb 12, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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