“Radical Acts of Community Care”: Lessons from Bail and Abortion Funds
BY KATIE MONROE Desiree,[1] 40-year-old mother of two children, wanted to terminate an unwanted pregnancy. As she had health
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Killing in the Name of the State: Capital Punishment in Nebraska and the Way Forward for Progressive Policy
BY: BEN MCGUIRE Carey Dean Moore was dying. As a lethal dose of the synthetic opioid fentanyl seeped into his
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Marijuana Justice Requires Expanding Access to Record Expungements
BY BEN MCGUIRE After Vikash Singh was prosecuted in Los Angeles for growing medical marijuana in 2014, he found that
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Jails: America’s Biggest Mental Health Facilities
BY CATIA SHARP James Boyd set up camp for his last time in the foothills of the Sandia Mountains, where
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The Perils of Data-Driven Policy Decisions
BY ANGELICA QUICKSEY Although quantitative data and analysis can help us design better policies and programs, we have edged alarmingly
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Locked Up or Locked Out: How Housing Insecurity Undermines Criminal Justice Reform
BY MARIE LAWRENCE “My apartment is everything I prayed for when I was locked up,” Morgan[1] says, his brown eyes
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Justice, Inc.: Examining the Criminalization of Corporate Misconduct
BY ALEXANDER SMITH Gone are the days of American criminals like Al Capone, John Gotti, and Bonnie and Clyde. Recent
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