The Coronavirus Crisis
Weeks Without a Shower: Neglect Defines Covid-19 Containment in California Jails
Incarcerated people have been denied basic services in the name of fighting the virus, exacting a heavy psychological toll.
Justice
Law Enforcement Groups Drive Anti-Protest Laws, New Analysis Shows
A separate Greenpeace report looked at corporate support for politicians who pushed anti-protest and voter suppression laws.
The War on Immigrants
ICE Subverting Biden's Priorities for Detention and Deportation
A new report sheds light on how, despite orders from the Biden administration to narrow its immigration enforcement, ICE is still casting a wide net.
A Climate Dystopia in Northern California
California’s divided and fire-scarred cities, reeling from climate disasters, need a Green New Deal.
Protests for Black Lives
Internal NYPD Documents Show Cops Were Sent to Protests With Barely Any First Amendment Training
Most officers at the George Floyd protests received only vague academy training that emphasized arresting protesters over defending their rights.
The War on Immigrants
“Enemy Mentality”: Mexico Cracks Down on Migrants and Asylum-Seekers at Its Southern Border
Driven by U.S. pressure, militarized immigration enforcement continues in southern Mexico.
Voices
"Woke" CIA Ad Is No Reason to Throw Out the Language of Liberation
Opponents of "wokeness" want to declare anti-racist struggle dead, but co-optation doesn't determine the radical usefulness of a concept.
New Documentary "Exterminate All the Brutes" Was 500 Years of Genocide in the Making
The fact that Raoul Peck's new HBO film on white supremacy exists shows that something profound about the world is changing.
The War on Immigrants
An ICE Informant, MS-13, and the Long Campaign to Deport Walter Cruz-Zavala
A government snitch inked him with gang tattoos as a teen. Judges have agreed his deportation would likely lead to torture.
Italy’s Anti-Mafia Directorate and the “Dirty Campaign” to Criminalize Migration
Internal documents reveal how a niche police office in Rome quietly shaped EU border policy in the central Mediterranean.