Mustafa Ali-Smith

Mustafa Ali-Smith is a program analyst with the Vera Institute of Justice, a criminal justice and research policy organization. His views are his own and he tweets at @MustafaAliSmith.

Make no mistake, democracy itself is on the line Democracy itself is on the line.

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