The Next President Can Cut Incarceration Rates in Half
On any given night in the United States, more than 2.2 million people go to sleep behind bars in prisons and jails. People cycle in and out of jail more than 10 million times a year. The U.S.
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It’s New Hampshire’s Time to Repeal the Death Penalty
For over three decades in New Hampshire, there has been a rising call to repeal the death penalty. That call has, until recently, gone unanswered. In 2019 that could all change.
Supreme Court Takes Cases of People Fired for Being LGBTQ
Can a business fire someone because they’re LGBTQ? The Supreme Court will soon tell us.
Marijuana Legalization Is a Racial Justice Issue
Marijuana has been a key driver of mass criminalization in this country and
America’s Pretrial System Is Broken. Here’s Our Vision to Fix It.
Every year, millions of people are arrested, required to pay money bail they cannot afford, separated from their families and loved ones, or subjected to long periods of incarceration based on the mere accusation
Rights for All Will Put Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Front and Center in the 2020 Presidential Race
Jose Ivan Parga is a member of a multi-status, Mexican-immigrant family in Minnesota. Even though he is a citizen, every day he witnesses the fear and uncertainty that his extended family has because of their immigration status.