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Outrage Over Ice Cream Licker Should Prompt Us to Ask: What Is a Crime?
No one called it a crime when 10 people were hospitalized after eating Listeria-tainted Blue Bell ice cream.
Immigration Officials Use Secretive Gang Databases to Deny Migrant Asylum Claims
The information in the databases comes from foreign police and militaries, and it is being used to detain migrants.
Kamala Harris Says She Was a Progressive Prosecutor. Her Record Says Otherwise.
Kamala Harris is facing increasing scrutiny over her record as a prosecutor in California.
Floridians Are Suing a Cop Fired for Planting Drugs in Their Vehicles
Thanks to the diligence of one assistant state attorney, 119 cases were thrown out.
Chicago Police Tortured Victims With Electric Shocks, Burns and Beatings
Under Commander Jon Burge, Black men endured torture and violence at the hands of Chicago police.
Body Cameras and Tasers Make Billions for Axon, But Don’t Solve Police Violence
Axon tech soared in popularity after the killing of Michael Brown in 2014, but it may be doing more harm than good.
Anything Other Than Decriminalization Leaves Sex Workers Behind
Criminalization of sex work further disempowers some of society's most vulnerable classes of people.
ICE Is Monitoring and Targeting Immigration Activists
Homeland Security officials monitored hundreds of protests against family separations last year.
Criminalizing Sex Workers Drives Rape and Gender-Based Police Violence
In this excerpt, we learn where and how sex workers are criminalized.
Johns Hopkins Students Enter Week Three of Protesting ICE Contracts and Policing
Students at Johns Hopkins are demanding the cancellation of contracts with ICE, among other demands.