The Coronavirus Crisis
The Coronavirus Pandemic Has Exposed the Absurdities of New York’s Parole System
After two men died of Covid-19 while in jail for technical parole violations, there are growing demands for drastic reform.
Justice
Out for Blood
Trump Prepares to Kill Brandon Bernard Even as Jurors Say His Life Should Be Spared
At age 18, Bernard was an accomplice to a murder. Now five jurors who sentenced him to death have changed their minds.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Immigrants Detained by ICE Say They Were Punished for Requesting Covid-19 Tests
When detainees at an Alabama jail got sick — or simply asked to be tested — they were put in solitary confinement.
Voices
Amazon Workers Are Organizing a Global Struggle
Amazon is seeing record profits — but little trickles down to the ground-level workers who keep the online giant running.
Austin Fusion Center Spied on Nonpolitical Cultural Events
Documents obtained by The Intercept show that law enforcement monitored an online Juneteenth celebration and a meditation event.
Voices
Beyond Breonna: Louisville Police Make the Case for Abolition
The idea of defunding the police is roiling Democratic Party politics — but it’s not about that. It’s about the horrors of policing.
How the Criminal Justice System Fails People With Mental Illness
“I found your baby,” Michelle Durden recalls the police officer saying after her son went missing. “He’s alive. And he’s in jail.”
The Coronavirus Crisis
Remote Learning Looks Radically Different on Opposite Sides of the Digital Divide
In agro-industrial Watsonville, California, English-language learners struggle with remote learning. It’s much easier for students in a nearby Bay Area suburb.
Dispatches From a California Prison Amid the Climate and Coronavirus Crises
Long-standing heat management issues at the California Institution for Women were exacerbated by policies made in the wake of the pandemic.
Out for Blood
Trump Presses Forward With Execution of Man Convicted by All-White Jury
Orlando Hall, among the first to be condemned under the 1994 Crime Bill, will be the eighth person executed on federal death row this year.