Justice
The Coronavirus CrisisCourts Put the Brakes on Politicians’ Efforts to Ban Abortion Amid Covid-19 Outbreak
Federal judges in Alabama and Ohio granted temporary orders protecting access to abortion. A similar order in Texas was halted by the 5th Circuit.
The Coronavirus CrisisRikers Island Prisoners Being Offered PPE and $6 an Hour to Dig Mass Graves
New York City owns and operates a public cemetery on Hart Island, which has been tended by prison labor. Now prisoners are being asked to dig mass graves.
The Coronavirus CrisisNo Masks and Uncertain Sick Leave: New York Whole Foods Delivery Workers Say Amazon Is Failing to Protect Them
Delivery workers say they lack clear guidance as to what to do if they are exposed to the coronavirus or how they will be compensated if they get sick.
The Coronavirus CrisisWomen in ICE Detention, Fearing Coronavirus, Make Video to Protest Unsafe Conditions
Women at a Louisiana ICE detention center are using video visitation software to communicate their fears of contracting the coronavirus.
The Coronavirus CrisisICE Transferred Cameroonian Women After they Protested Their Detention. Now, Despite Coronavirus, It Won’t Grant Them Parole.
“You don’t want to give us parole, let us go home. Give us court dates so that we can attend our court proceedings,” one of the women said of ICE.