Truthout
Policing
Yes, Lots of People Go to Jail Because They Can’t Pay a Fine
The cycle of incarceration persists through injustice.
As Mardi Gras Nears, New Orleans Strippers Fight Back Against Police Raids
People's livelihoods are destroyed by the raids.
There Has Been Absolutely No Movement on Guantánamo
CounterSpin interview with Pardiss Kebriaei on Guantanamo challenge.
Far-Right Media Pundits Are Now Calling for a Police State
Right wing media wants to see a police state.
A Marijuana-Related Charge Can Still Impact Somebody for Life
CounterSpin Interview with Art Way on pot decriminalization.
Recriminalizing Cannabis Is Worse Than 1930s “Reefer Madness”
Sessions' proposed crackdown on legal marijuana looks worse than reefer madness.
United States Policing and “Gun Rights” Began With Slave Patrols
Guns were used to suppress and kill Black and Indigenous people long before the Bill of Rights was written.
Prisons Harshly Censor Which Books Are Allowed Behind Bars
This policy change could have a huge impact.
Sessions Doubles Down in the War on Weed
The attorney general's plan to go after states that have decriminalized marijuana.
The FBI’s Failed Plan to Make Black Activist James Forman an Informant
The FBI was able to place informants into the top layers of organizations deemed threats.