Prisons

Even after the passage of a law to prevent prison rape, incarcerated women are still subject to an epidemic of sexual violence.

With over 350,000 Virginians disenfranchised due to felonies, most of them African-Americans, this case is one worth following.

States loosen marijuana laws but the federal government's continued prohibition means a boom in marijuana smuggling, drug-war violence and mass criminalization. Is it time to change direction?

Chris Hedges was forbidden to take notes in his interview with the famous political prisoner, so he transmits his words from memory.

While young black males are disenfranchised for life for dealing modest amounts of weed, BP can expect to be back to business as usual despite its horrific crimes.

Wear the wrong color socks to school in Meridian, Mississippi, and you might end up in juvy.

The Kurdish movement is the greatest challenge to the neoliberal, conservative Turkish government, says international development scholar Baris Karaagac.

For Proscovia, the custody hearing solidified her belief that the war on terror is really a war against her faith.

Untucked shirts and wrong-colored socks are putting Mississippi's young African-Americans on the road to

The Occupy movement is raising awareness and trying to put an end to major corporations profiting from prison privatization.