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Federal Immigration Enforcement Agencies Are a Threat to Our Civil Liberties
This piece was written before recent confrontations between U.S. Department of…
Jul 13, 2020
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Without an attorney, I might still be confined in a detention facility with COVID-19
People trapped in the United States’ massive immigration detention system have…
Jul 09, 2020
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Data-Backed Outrage: Police Violence by the Numbers
The United States and its thousands of law enforcement agencies have a historic…
Jul 07, 2020
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COVID-19 Adds to Challenges for Trans People in California’s Prisons
As the novel coronavirus has swept through U.S. jails and prisons, little…
Jul 07, 2020
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Truth in Numbers
Eight minutes and 46 seconds. Around the country, people are coming to grips…
Jul 02, 2020
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A First Step in Mississippi toward Sentencing Reform and Fewer People in Prison
On Sunday, after a concerted campaign reignited by protests in the wake of…
Jul 01, 2020
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DACAmented are Still Vulnerable—and the Fight Must Continue
The Supreme Court’s decision to block the Trump administration from ending the…
Jun 25, 2020
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A Juneteenth Call to Action
This year on Juneteenth, thousands of people are marching, braving the…
Jun 18, 2020
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The Party Platforms Must Address the Urgent Need to Transform American Criminal Justice
The 2020 Democratic and Republican party platforms offer a unique opportunity…
Jun 17, 2020
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How can we change a system set up to control Black people? By radically dismantling it.
When a police officer callously disregards and kills a man pleading for his…
Jun 10, 2020