The War on Immigrants
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.
Justice
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.
The War on Immigrants
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.
Texas Prepares to Execute Rodney Reed Amid a Flood of New Evidence Pointing to His Innocence
As Texas forges ahead with execution plans, three more witnesses come forward with explosive accounts.
Voices
Trump Says Native American Heritage Month Is Also for the White Men Who Stole Their Land
Commemorating the “founders” of America at the same time as Native Heritage Month adds insult to a long history of injury against Indigenous people.
The War on Immigrants
How an Occupy ICE Activist and DACA Recipient Was Deported for Tweeting
An undocumented teenager protesting Trump’s deportation regime got deported by ICE. The FBI helped.
FBI and San Francisco Police Have Been Lying About Scope of Joint Counterterrorism Investigations, Document Suggests
An FBI white paper reveals how the bureau’s loose rules directly undermined San Francisco’s law and policy.
From Climate Denial to “Green” Petroleum: Massachusetts Accuses Exxon Mobil of Deceptive Messaging
The climate liability lawsuit filed in Massachusetts, broader than similar litigation in New York, describes Exxon Mobil’s evolving deception playbook.
The Presidential Town Hall on Mass Incarceration Was a Historic Moment and a Missed Opportunity
Formerly incarcerated people questioned Democratic candidates about their positions on the criminal justice system. But only three candidates showed up.