The Coronavirus Crisis
A Public Defender Fights to Save His Two Incarcerated Brothers From Covid-19
Lance Wilson is the lead plaintiff in a class-action suit against the Bureau of Prisons for its negligent response to the pandemic.
Justice
USAID Faces Mounting Pressure to Remove Latest Trump Appointee With History of Islamophobic Remarks
“It is clear that anti-Muslim bigotry has a home in the Trump administration.”
Mehdi Hasan and Ilhan Omar on Police Brutality and the Murder of George Floyd
Mehdi Hasan speaks with Rep. Ilhan Omar about the police response to protests in Minneapolis and what real justice looks like for George Floyd’s family.
Protests for Black Lives
The George Floyd Killing in Minneapolis Exposes the Failures of Police Reform
As protests engulf Minneapolis after yet another police killing, advocates across the country say the time for police reform is over.
Protests for Black Lives
Racist History Behind Trump's Threat to Shoot Minneapolis Protesters Spurs Twitter to Act
Donald Trump's bloodthirsty threat to have protesters in Minneapolis shot echoed the words used by a racist Miami police chief in the 1960s.
The Coronavirus Crisis
As Coronavirus Spreads in Federal Prisons, Cases in Halfway Houses Are Being Undercounted
People at residential reentry centers say the Bureau of Prisons is compounding the risks of the virus through mismanagement, intransigence, and retaliation.
Voices
New York Appealed to Keep an Elderly Prisoner Behind Bars — Then He Got Coronavirus
Muntaqim, after a half-century behind bars, posed no risk to society, so a judge ordered him free. But the government’s appeal instead risked his life.
The Coronavirus Crisis
ICE Detainee Who Died of Covid-19 Suffered Horrifying Neglect
Men inside the Otay Mesa Detention Center, site of the largest coronavirus outbreak in ICE detention, say officials’ negligence lead to a man’s death.
The Coronavirus Crisis
New York City and Los Angeles Slash Budgets — but Not for Police
With crime at historic lows, public interest advocates demand that cities save money for vital public services by cutting police budgets.
Judge Rules That Attorney Steven Donziger Must Remain Under House Arrest Until September
The environmental lawyer who sued Chevron will have spent 13 months in home detention awaiting trial on charges that carry a maximum sentence of six months.