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Prisons & Policing
Trump Frees Alice Johnson, but What About Thousands Still Serving Life for Nonviolent Drug Offenses?
Thousands of other prisoners are still serving life without parole for nonviolent drug offenses.
Despite Reforms, US Remains the World’s Most Incarcerated Nation
Thirty percent of the world's incarcerated women are in the US.
The $2 Billion Bail Industry Is Facing an Existential Crisis
It will take more than bail reform to end mass incarceration.
Facility Staff Call Police as Senator Attempts to Examine Conditions of Immigrant Detention Center
The senator's effort to shed light on the living conditions of detained migrant children.
Trump Supports Another Racist March
Chicago police are a perfect emblem of Trump's America.
Speech Is Never Free in a World of Racist Surveillance and Repression
What may be said freely depends upon who is speaking.
With Haspel Sworn In as CIA Director, Let’s Stop Pretending That Her Atrocities Run Counter to American Values
Torture isn't un-American; accountability for torture is.
Tucson Draws the Line on Prison Privatization
For-profit incarceration must end everywhere.
US-Trained Special Forces Joined Police Crackdown on Dam Protesters in Honduras
The US must stop its indirect support of state violence.
To Create True Sanctuary Cities, We Must End Racist Policing
Immigrants ensnared by racist policing are unprotected.