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Is Queer Sex Legal? How Sex Laws Have Changed (or Not) Since 1964
Despite advances in gay rights, sex crime convictions are on the rise.
De Blasio Administration to Make Substantial Reforms to Non-Criminal Summons System in NYC
Today the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice (MOCJ) announced plans to revise parts of the NYC Summons process.
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Sex Workers’ Lawsuit Claims California’s Prostitution Law Is Unconstitutional
Sex workers argue that selling consensual sex harms no one and should be decriminalized.
Why Is Marissa Alexander Still Being Punished for Fighting Back?
As Alexander leaves prison for house arrest, it's time to question the system that turns women into criminals for trying to stay alive.
How Washington’s War on Terror Has Become a War on Human Rights Defenders in Central America
Human rights defenders and activists are facing terrorism charges in Guatemala.
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Bad? Suffering From Youthful Tendency Disorder? Lost Children in a Lost Society
In Crystal T. Laura's new book, “Being Bad,” William Ayers reflects on how the school-to-prison pipeline actually functions.
Noam Chomsky Talks US Militarism and Capitalism, at Home and Abroad
Noam Chomsky discusses the US bombing of Iraq and Syria, US policing and more.
Voters Across Country Accelerate Unprecedented Momentum to Legalize Marijuana, End Drug War
Oregon and D.C. - and Alaska? - pass marijuana legislation, as California and New Jersey pass groundbreaking criminal justice reforms.
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War. Huh. What Is It Good For?
the common misconception is that the legalization is only to benefit the stoners and pot-heads. It's not.
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This City Came Up With a Simple Solution to Homelessness: Housing
Salt Lake City's Housing First initiative has reduced chronic homelessness by 72 percent. Now other cities are giving it a try.