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I’m Facing 60 Months in Prison. Cannabis Prohibition Has Destroyed My Life.
Despite his campaign promises, President Joe Biden has pardoned two turkeys -- and no people.
Texas Plans to Execute an Abuse Survivor Based on a Coerced Confession
Melissa Lucio's conviction hinges on a late-night confession and misrepresentations of trauma.
Investigation Shows Police Are Still Secretly Surveilling Minnesota Activists
Though officials announced the end of the surveillance program last April, it appears to be ongoing.
Incarcerated Organizers Are Resisting Amid Deteriorating Conditions
“These folks inside have had enough,” says organizer Brooke Terpsta.
Biden’s Immigration “Fix” Involves Jailing Migrants in Their Homes
The new digital incarceration program will be administered by private prison giant GEO Group.
Inside Forest Defenders’ Blockade of Atlanta’s “Cop City” Training Compound
Activists have dug in against the militarized compound to defend Atlanta's most marginalized and largest watershed.
She Said Her Husband Was Abusive. A Judge Took Her Kids and Ordered Her Arrest.
Judges regularly take liberties to get around statutes that are supposed to protect survivors, advocates say.
Calls to Reform the CIA Are Misplaced. It Shouldn’t Exist at All.
New revelations about bulk surveillance of Americans are part of a pattern of abuse that dates to the CIA’s founding.
3 Incarcerated Women Die of COVID After Requesting Compassionate Release
Inmates are more than twice as likely to die of COVID as the general population.
AOC Slams NYPD for Bragging About Arrests Over Stolen Diapers, Baby Formula
Child poverty has skyrocketed since lawmakers failed to renew the child tax credit, Ocasio-Cortez pointed out.