"We Are Still Here": Native Activists in Arizona Resist Trump's Border Wall
In the heart of the Sonoran Desert, a coalition of borderlands residents are fighting to preserve sacred lands.
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Humanitarian Volunteer Scott Warren Reflects on the Borderlands and Two Years of Government Persecution
A jury found Scott Warren not guilty in the government’s second attempt to lock him up for providing humanitarian aid on the border in Arizona.
Voices
Meet the Tucson 12: Under Trump, Protesters Are Being Hit With Felony Riot Charges
In another crackdown on dissent in the Trump era, protesters against a prison in Arizona were hit with severe charges.
Texas Court Halts Rodney Reed Execution Over Questions of Withheld Evidence, False Testimony
In a dramatic turn of events, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued an indefinite stay of execution for Rodney Reed on November 15.
Dozens of Murdered Women Are Missing From Puerto Rican Police Records, New Report Finds
A database of femicides in Puerto Rico supports claims that the police department is failing to seriously investigate the violent deaths of women.
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New Senate Bill Would Curtail ICE's "Unnecessary Overuse of Solitary Confinement”
The bill is the first legislation prompted by an ICIJ and Intercept investigation into ICE’s rampant misuse of solitary confinement.
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Lawyers and Scholars to LexisNexis, Thomson Reuters: Stop Helping ICE Deport People
Universities and immigration lawyers should not be funding data brokers who ultimately endanger future clients, says a new petition.
The NYPD Kept an Illegal Database of Juvenile Fingerprints for Years
The police department held on to the fingerprint records of thousands of children charged as juvenile delinquents in violation of New York law.
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Government Doesn't Want Trump or His Immigration Policies Mentioned in Retrial of Border Aid Worker Scott Warren
A new poll shows that most Americans oppose criminalizing aid, a reality U.S. attorneys hope to keep out of the Arizona courtroom where Warren is on trial.
The Criminal Justice System Is Not Broken. It’s Doing What It Was Designed to Do.
Alec Karakatsanis’s book “Usual Cruelty” is a powerful takedown of the U.S. mass punishment bureaucracy, also known as the criminal justice system.