More from The Appeal:

Topics

Verticals

The Lab
Explainers, polling memos, white papers, and other original research from the nation’s top scholars and experts
The Point
An Editorial page for the social web, telling the story of how policy, politics, and the legal system shape the lives of everyday people in America
Appeal Live
Streaming opinion and analysis on the issues that keep everyday people up at night, produced in partnership with NowThis News
The Political Report
An editorial project that probes the local politics of mass incarceration and criminal justice reform.

The Lab

Podcasts

Newsletters

Elon Green

Elon Green is the author of Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust and Murder in Queer New York.

Articles by Elon Green

The Dissenter

Former Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Bernette Johnson’s fiery dissents on mass incarceration and sentencing in America’s most carceral state garnered international attention. But the rise of the first Black woman on the court was characterized by one battle after another with the Deep South’s white power structure.

Elon Green Mar 02, 2021

The Enduring, Pernicious Whiteness Of True Crime

White voices and victims dominate the genre, which can skew the perception of what constitutes a crime.

Elon Green Aug 21, 2020