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Prisons & Policing
Supreme Court Rules Against High Fines and Civil Asset Forfeiture
In a major victory for civil liberties, the Supreme Court has unanimously ruled to limit civil assest forfeiture.
Rahm Emanuel Wants You to Forget He’s a Corrupt Failure
Chicago's failed neoliberal mayor is on a public relations blitz to re-emerge as a strategist for Democrats.
Imagine Pleading Guilty Because You Can’t Afford to Call Your Lawyer
In some jails, it costs $20 to make a 15-minute phone call.
What Happened at the Brooklyn Jail Is Part of a Deeper Human Rights Crisis
We must demand community oversight for every federal, state and county facility in the U.S.
Incarcerated Immigrants Are Being Tortured
Hunger strikers in a Texas immigration jail are risking their lives to draw attention to the conditions.
Cities Across US Are Stripping Homeless People of Their Autonomy
Politicians in San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego are attacking the self-determination of homeless people.
The Future of the Prison Abolition Movement
Even news personalities like Marc Lamont Hill now argue that abolition is a real and tangible goal.
Face Surveillance Is a Uniquely Dangerous Technology
Companies are determining whether someone has a propensity to be a terrorist by analyzing their face.
The State of the Resistance
People are mobilized, and intersecting resistance has come to define grassroots activism in the era of Trump.
Trial of El Chapo Highlights Failure of War on Drugs
Christy Thornton, an assistant professor of sociology and Latin American studies, discusses more.