The Appeal Podcast Episode 3: Turning Users Into Dealers and Overdoses into Murders
Guest Zachary A. Siegel is a journalist covering the opioid crisis.
Adam H. Johnson Jun 07, 2018
We’ve been fighting the drug war for 50 years. So why aren’t we winning?
A new paper argues that President Johnson’s 1967 Commission on Law Enforcement’s report on the subject was “decades ahead of its time.”
Zachary A. Siegel Jun 04, 2018
These Public Defenders Want to Fight Bias From the Bench
But their push to unseat judges is drawing backlash from a surprising source—fellow Democrats.
Max Rivlin-Nadler Jun 01, 2018
Announcing The Appeal Podcast
Our debut episodes feature Josie Duffy Rice on prosecutors and Melissa Gira Grant on criminalizing sex work.
Adam H. Johnson May 31, 2018
The Appeal Podcast Episode 1: District Attorneys Are The Most Powerful People You’ve Never Heard Of
With Josie Duffy Rice, senior staff reporter at The Appeal.
Lawsuit Tests the Supreme Court’s ‘Immunity Protection Program’ for Police Officers Who Kill
Kyle C. Barry May 25, 2018
The Perverse Incentives of Punishment
John Pfaff May 18, 2018
Two States Just Made It Easier to Take Babies Away From Mothers Who Use Drugs During Pregnancy
Lisa Sangoi May 17, 2018
Faulty Forensics: Explained
Jessica Brand May 04, 2018
New Documents Reveal How ICE Mines Local Police Databases Across the Country
George Joseph Apr 26, 2018
The Epidemic of Brady Violations: Explained
Jessica Brand Apr 25, 2018
The Power of Prosecutors
Shaun King Apr 24, 2018
Anti-Backpage Law Not Yet Enacted, But the Crackdown on Sex Workers Has Already Begun
Melissa Gira Grant Apr 10, 2018
Anti-Online Trafficking Bills Advance in Congress, Despite Opposition from Survivors Themselves
Melissa Gira Grant Mar 14, 2018
The Black Love Bail Out Aims to Free Poor Defendants — And Teach Others To Do The Same
Bryce Covert Mar 08, 2018
How Zombie Crime Stats, Phantom Stats and Frankenstats Paint a Misleading Picture on Crime
John Pfaff Mar 01, 2018
Inertia and the Death Penalty
Lee Kovarsky Jan 17, 2018
Finding a Place for Restorative Justice
A new project chronicles the myriad alternative visions of justice taking place in the U.S. and Canada.
Rebecca McCray Nov 17, 2017
Commentary: Attorney General Sessions Says He Wants To Target Gangs, But In The Federal Bureau of Prisons Gangs Find A Home Base, And A Place To Flourish
Seth Ferranti Nov 10, 2017
We’re Putting Sex Offender Stamps on Passports. Here’s Why It Won’t Curb Sex Tourism & Trafficking.
Guy Hamilton-Smith Nov 09, 2017
Despite “Public Health” Messaging, Law Enforcement Increasingly Prosecutes Overdoses as Homicides
Zachary A. Siegel Nov 08, 2017
Cops Who Slap Homeless Women, Rape Prisoners, Assault Children, and Keep their Jobs … and Other Unseen News from The World’s Most Carceral State
Shaun King Nov 07, 2017
Injustice Roundup: My Weekly Roundup of Stories on Abusive Police Officers, Prison Guards, and Prosecutors
Shaun King Oct 30, 2017
Dispatches from the Still Raging Drug War
Matt Henry Oct 16, 2017