The police killing has accelerated a years-long effort by advocates and lawmakers to shift resources and money away from law enforcement.
Numerous city councils and state legislatures are debating giving renters a right to counsel, which can make the difference between stability and catastrophe.
The Appeal: Political Report’s February 18 newsletter
Months after footage emerged of officers fatally suffocating Daniel Prude, police were caught on video pepper-spraying a 9-year-old girl. Advocates say the incident highlights the shortcomings of Mayor Lovely Warren’s crisis response team.
At the urging of advocates, Governor Tom Wolf signed off on all remaining commutations applications on his desk.
The Appeal: Political Report’s February 11 newsletter
The U.S. representative has been a chief architect of mass incarceration in the state and an instigator of racial injustice.
Despite calls to reduce incarcerated populations, the number of people being detained for minor parole violations has been rising.
Seattle suburb Renton is battling an emergency homeless shelter through its zoning code.
Over two nights last year, police in Boston and Worcester used excessive force—including pushing and tackling—while arbitrarily arresting protesters without apparent cause.
After organizing to repeal the “walking while trans” ban, advocates in the state—and around the country—are looking ahead to the next fight.
The political paradigm emerging in Louisville is being formed by newcomers to local politics.
In a forum with people experiencing homelessness, Democratic candidates criticized the mayor’s affordable housing plans, embraced a ‘right to housing,’ and rejected police intervention on homelessness calls.
Virginia’s Department of Corrections has recently settled two lawsuits over its use of solitary confinement—a practice lawmakers are moving closer to abolishing.
The Appeal: Political Report’s Feb. 4 newsletter
The city will use funds diverted from its police budget to set up wraparound services for the people who will live at the hotel.
In many of America’s major cities, the early efforts to reduce incarceration during the pandemic have been reversed.
Right-wingers and ultranationalists convened in the city days after the Washington insurrection, but the police crackdown that day fell on counterprotesters.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics has suffered from years of poor funding and political interference by the Trump administration. Fixing it could be one of the most important tasks on Biden’s criminal justice reform agenda.
After years of misappropriating millions of dollars, opposing criminal justice reform, and ignoring the will of voters, the CDAA must be held to account by the governor and the attorney general.
The Board of Pardons unanimously recommended Bruce Norris for a commutation in December, but Tom Wolf had yet to approve it.
Virginia may soon become the 23rd state to abolish capital punishment.
The Appeal: Political Report’s January 28 newsletter.
It is impossible for the government to espouse a policy of “family unity” while immigrant detention still exists.
The Office of the Comptroller of Currency is responsible for ensuring the safety, soundness, and broad accessibility of financial institutions. President Biden must choose someone to lead the agency who brings expertise and relevant lived experience to the job.
The California city began distributing out up to $600 monthly to low-income residents.
Policies that helped keep people in their homes—and keep the utilities on—reduced COVID-19 deaths and infections.
It’s the latest bill in the state legislature’s long history of meddling with voter-approved amendments.
The City Council voted to buy one hotel and use funds diverted from its police budget to set up wraparound services for the homeless people who will live there.
The Travis County District Attorney’s office had joined the release request and, despite Jimenez being taken into custody by ICE, she is expected to be released today.
A look at the organization’s past actions suggests that this lawsuit is part of a longstanding pattern of ideologically motivated advocacy and commitment to tough-on-crime policies, rather than a show of blind allegiance to the law.
The New York governor has released a plan to legalize marijuana, months after voters in the Garden State approved legalization in November. Advocates say the pressure could have ripple effects regionally.
The attorney general could pick a new head of the Federal Bureau of Prisons. That person should have public health experience, formerly incarcerated activists say.
The City Council will decide whether to buy two hotels and use funds diverted from its police budget to set up wraparound services for the homeless people who will live there.
On Tuesday, Harris County Commissioners will decide if the D.A. and Sheriff will get more money to continue their neglect in the face of a public-health crisis.
The intense backlash to his recent comments criticizing $2,000 stimulus checks signal the growing momentum for guaranteed income programs—and the emerging power of voters who care more about substantive results than partisan skirmishes.
State Attorney Melissa Nelson is pushing for a death sentence even as more prosecutors reject capital punishment.
More than 35 members of Congress signed a letter asking Biden to commute the sentences of the remaining 50 people on federal death row.
The Appeal: Political Report’s January 21 newsletter
The percentage of people held pretrial for six months or longer is up six percent from January of last year, according to a UCLA School of Law report.