News Analysis | Alton Sterling: A Life of Collateral Insecurity Sterling's life was devalued by the criminal legal system long before his death. He was a victim of the collateral consequences of a criminal record. By Ebony Slaughter-Johnson , Truthout May 29, 2017 Truthout
Op-Ed | Facing Up to Our Shadow Side With Compassion Restorative justice makes real the fact that conflict, pain, suffering and crime are part of all our lives. By Molly Rowan Leach , openDemocracy April 20, 2017 Truthout
Interview | Prisons & Policing The Limits of Police “Reform” When elites get to define the problem, they get to decide what constitutes solving it. By Janine Jackson , FAIR April 18, 2017 Truthout
News Analysis | Racial Justice Two Years After Sandra Bland, Justice for Wakiesha Wilson A year after the death of Wakiesha Wilson in a LAPD jail cell, her grieving family is still pushing for answers and accountability. By Sikivu Hutchinson , TheFeministWire April 9, 2017 Truthout
News Analysis | Prisons & Policing How Chicago Became the First City to Make Reparations to Victims of Police Violence The ordinance provides a meaningful model for creating reparations at the local level. By Sarah Macaraeg & Yana Kunichoff , YES!Magazine March 26, 2017 Truthout
News | A Call to Recognize the US’s Women Human Rights Defenders While the US has branded itself as a model of human rights, it has been criticized for dropping the ball on advancing women's rights at home and overseas. By Rucha Chitnis , YES!Magazine March 18, 2017 Truthout
News Analysis | Trump’s Director of National Intelligence Pick Is on the Wrong Side of Surveillance Trump's pick for National Intelligence Director laid out his vision for surveillance — it's not good for technology users. By Kate Tummarello , ElectronicFrontierFoundation March 7, 2017 Truthout
Op-Ed | Standing Up for Our Communities: Why We Need a Police-Free Future How to move toward the world we want to live in — free of policing — even in the face of violence and fear mongering. By Rachel Herzing , Truthout March 7, 2017 Truthout
News Analysis | San Diego Police Target African American Children for Unlawful DNA Collection Specifically targeting black children for unlawful DNA collection is a gross abuse of technology by law enforcement. By Jamie Williams , ElectronicFrontierFoundation February 21, 2017 Truthout
News Analysis | Mass Surveillance and “Smart Totalitarianism“ Under neoliberalism, state and corporate power have fused, using technology to transform private life into a system of total domination. By Chris Spannos , ROARMagazine February 18, 2017 Truthout