Voices
With Tara Reade's Allegations, Joe Biden’s Campaign Is Only the Latest Chapter of America’s Accountability Problem
Biden has said, “I am not sorry for anything I have ever done."
Justice
The Coronavirus Crisis
A New York City Hospital Is Investigating a Nurse for Sharing Video Footage With The Intercept
Lillian Udell is being investigated for violating privacy laws after sharing video of nurses mourning a colleague who died of coronavirus at the hospital.
Voices
The Perversity of Needing to See Ahmaud Arbery Die on Video to Recognize That His Black Life Mattered
It is its own grave affront that the circulation of intolerable scenes of brutality against black people remain necessary.
America's Crowded Prisons Are About to Create a Coronavirus Crisis in Rural America
The prison economy has been a lifeline for rural communities for decades, but that lifeline has transformed into a vector for coronavirus.
Voices
With Patents on Coronavirus Medicines, International Drug Companies Will Decide Whether Brazilians Live or Die
U.S. and European drug companies will hold monopoly power over coronavirus medicines for years — straining health care systems of countries like Brazil.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Mass Incarceration Poses a Uniquely American Risk in the Coronavirus Pandemic
The virus has exposed just how deadly prisons and jails are for incarcerated people, and for society at large.
The Coronavirus Crisis
ICE's Immigration Detainees Protested Lack of Coronavirus Precautions — and SWAT-like Private-Prison Guards Pepper-Sprayed Them
The guards from private prison giant CoreCivic's internal riot police unit bragged on social media about confronting immigrant protesters with force.
Missouri’s Attorney General Is Fighting for the Right to Keep an Innocent Man in Prison
Despite ample evidence that Lamar Johnson was wrongfully convicted, Eric Schmitt is sparing no effort to keep him locked up as the coronavirus spreads.
The War on Immigrants
"It's Like Purgatory": How the U.S. Has Undermined the Promise of Asylum
An excerpt from the new book, “The Dispossessed: A Story of Asylum at the U.S.-Mexico Border and Beyond.”
The Coronavirus Crisis
Medical Expert: Federal Jail Intentionally Destroying Medical Records and Hiding Extent of Coronavirus Behind Bars
“Several current practices in MDC actually promote a more rapid spread of COVID-19 inside the facility.”