Kamala Harris Once Sought to Reform Mass Incarceration. Does That Matter to Prison Families?
For most impacted communities, the cruelty of the system has long been a constant regardless of which party controls the White House.
Justice
The Untold Link Between Justice Alito and Trump's Election-Denying Efforts
Mark Martin floated fringe theories to keep Trump in power. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito taught with him — even after January 6.
Wesley Bell’s Swan Song: Felonies for Ferguson Protesters
One of Bell’s last actions before taking Rep. Cori Bush’s seat in Congress was to charge protesters arrested on the 10-year anniversary of the police killing of Michael Brown Jr.
The Law School Dean Who Quietly Worked to Overturn the Election
Lawyers who worked to keep Trump in power in 2020 have risked being disbarred. But not Mark Martin.
Israel’s War on Gaza
Meet the First Tenured Professor to Be Fired for Pro-Palestine Speech
Maura Finkelstein was terminated by Muhlenberg College for an Instagram repost.
Missouri Kills Marcellus Williams Over Objections From Prosecutor and Victim’s Family
Attorney General Andrew Bailey scuttled a deal that would have spared Williams’s life, and the courts and governor failed to intervene to stop the execution.
Voices
CNN Anchors Won’t Stop Lying About Something Rashida Tlaib Never Said
The source of the quote corrected Jake Tapper and Dana Bash, but they kept accusing the Palestinian House representative of antisemitism anyway.
In Alabama, Officers Accused of Violence and Misconduct Carry Out Secretive Executions
As the state keeps details around the death penalty hidden, an investigation into its execution team raises questions about how incarcerated people are treated in their final moments.
Voices
You Should Stop Calling Immigrants “Migrants”
A subtle bipartisan shift in the language of immigration has opened the door to vilification and dehumanization.
Voices
There Are So Many Armed Cops on Subways That Now They’re Shooting Each Other
A police shooting that injured three people and one officer is the result of New York Mayor Eric Adams’s enforcement-first mentality.