Activists Avoid Jail in U.K. After Blocking Plane From Deporting Migrants
On Wednesday afternoon, the Stansted 15 walked out of court free after the judge in the case declined to send them to prison.
Justice
In Her First Race, Kamala Harris Campaigned as Tough on Crime — and Unseated the Country's Most Progressive Prosecutor
Kamala Harris won her first election the old-fashioned way: big money, police endorsements, and fearmongering about crime.
Ohio’s Governor Stopped an Execution Over Fears It Would Feel Like Waterboarding
Confronted with mounting evidence that midazolam causes excruciating pain, a judge warned that Ohio’s lethal injection protocol was likely unconstitutional.
The Power Is Back on at Brooklyn Jail, but a Visiting Federal Judge Found Untreated Gunshot Wound, “Black Blotchy Mold,” and Ongoing Crisis
A spate of court hearings relating to a federal jail revealed a humanitarian crisis that goes beyond freezing temperatures and a power outage.
The War on Immigrants
Trump Ripped This Immigrant Family Apart. They Watched the State of the Union Together From the Congressional Gallery.
Albertina Contreras and her daughter, Yakelyn, were victims of Donald Trump’s family separation policy. On Tuesday, they attended the State of the Union.
The War on Immigrants
GOP Leadership Instructs Lawmakers to Play Up Gruesome Murders and Rapes by Immigrants
In the Trump era, GOP lawmakers are openly being encouraged to stoke fear over immigrant crime.
Louisiana Tests the New Supreme Court on Abortion
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide this week whether to intervene in a case that could lead to the closure of all but one abortion clinic in Louisiana.
Voices
Inside El Chapo’s Confinement: Cockroaches, Frigid Temperatures, Tacos, and a Three-Lieutenant Escort
Martin Gottesfeld served time near El Chapo and describes the conditions of his confinement.
Officers Accused of Abuses Are Leading Chicago Police’s “Implicit Bias” Training Program
Many of the Chicago police leading anti-bias trainings are trailed by a history of alleged abuses against black people.
“‘Vicious’ And ‘Brutal’” — Life Inside a Freezing Federal Prison With No Heat
Inside accounts are seeping out of a New York prison where hundreds of people have been incarcerated without heat as the city endured arctic weather.