Federal immigration raids in North Carolina and the Appalachian region have drawn unexpected resistance from conservative rural communities, with many of those arrested being ordinary undocumented residents rather than criminals.
The ACLU has won a court case against the NIH for unlawfully targeting research involving “disfavored” topics and populations, which was deemed to be “arbitrary, capricious, and void” and a violation of the Administrative Procedure Act.
Professor Todd Clear, a leading scholar on mass incarceration, discusses his research on the social consequences of incarceration and argues for a reimagining of justice that centers community health and recognizes that risk is not static.
Tony Messenger, a reporter for the St. Louis Post Dispatch, talks about the issue of fines and…