Government Use of Tear Gas Is Illegal in War
By Jamil Dakwar Pictures of migrant women and children fleeing in panic as tear gas canisters were…
Sessions’ Legacy Is Full of Dangerous Successes
By Sagiv Galai In his 636 days in office, former Attorney General Jeff Sessions secured a legacy…
Probation System Squeezes the Poor and Feeds Mass Incarceration
By Andrea Young Charles “Skip” Eckartz, a 63-year-old disabled veteran, and his wife, Virginia “Ginny” Eckartz, were…
Mississippi Senator’s Hanging Quip Draws Scrutiny
By Dennis Parker When Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, who is in a run-off election with Democrat Mike…
Illinois Police Killed a Black Security Guard while He Was Doing His Job
By Paige Fernandez In an alternate reality, Tuesday’s national news headlines would have read: “Active Shooter Heroically…
Sessions Handcuffed the Justice Department’s Ability to Police the Police
By Kanya Bennett and Carl Takei In his final move as attorney general, Jeff Sessions last Wednesday…
‘Victims’ Rights’ Proposals Like Marsy’s Law Undermine Due Process
By Jeanne Hruska Since 2008, a national campaign entitled “Marsy’s Law” has sought to enshrine in state…
Jeff Sessions Was the Worst Attorney General in Modern American History
By the ACLU On Wednesday, the Trump administration bid farewell to one of its most infamous members:…
Jeff Sessions Leaves a Dark Mark on the Justice Department
By David Cole Under almost any other circumstances, the firing of Attorney General Jeff Sessions would be…
Tuesday Big Win for Criminal Justice Reform Ballot Initiatives
By Udi Ofer Wednesday morning I woke up in a better America when it comes to criminal justice…
Prosecutor Andrew Ganz Suspended from Bar for Prosecutorial Misconduct during Solano County Murder Trial
Justice may be blind, but she has very sophisticated listening devices. –Edgar Argo (From Press Release) –…
Hundreds of Thousands of Immigrants Earn Reprieve from Deportation
By Ahilan Arulanantham Last week, Jeff Sessions attacked a court ruling that gave a temporary reprieve to…
Man Gets Eight Years in Mississippi For Medical Marijuana Purchased Legally in Another State
By Ezekiel Edwards Patrick Beadle, a 46-year-old father and musician, received an eight-year prison sentence in Mississippi…
Louisiana’s Infamous Angola Prison Goes on Trial
By Bruce Hamilton and Mercedes Montagnes In November 2012, Shannon Hurd, who was serving a life sentence…
The Spirit of 1968 Lives on Today in Athletes Like Colin Kaepernick
By Jeffery Robinson In 1968, rage over the United States’ treatment of Black America was boiling over….
Police Brutality against Black Kansas City Man Caught on Video
By Gillian Wilcox Black people in Missouri are disproportionately stopped or harassed by police. Twenty years of…
Washington Supreme Court Abolishes the Death Penalty
By Cassandra Stubbs On Oct. 11, the Washington State Supreme Court unanimously struck down the death penalty as unconstitutional,…
Walking to Work while Black
By Reginald Andrade Last month, I walked across the campus of the University of Massachusetts Amherst to…
President Trump, Stop and Frisk Is Both Unconstitutional and Ineffective
By Carl Takei On Monday, President Trump gave a speech to the nation’s police chiefs. Like so…
San Francisco Is a Hotbed of Illegal Race-Based Policing
By Ezekiel Edwards Our Constitution promises all people, regardless of race, equal protection under the law. Yet…