Democrats Would Rather Become Republicans Than Make the Case for Justice Reform Jerry Iannelli Jun 22, 2022
State and Local Leaders Want More COVID-19 Relief It’s time for congressional Republicans to listen. Sarah Godlewski Mar 02, 2021
The Cops at the Capitol Law enforcement officers from around the country attended and supported last week’s rally in support of President Trump that sparked a riot. Jonathan Ben-Menachem Jan 13, 2021
Americans Are Getting Tired of Willie Horton-Style Fearmongering In North Carolina, Attorney General Josh Stein’s Republican opponent painted him as soft on crime. Voters re-elected him anyway. Jay Willis Nov 18, 2020
It’s Time To Lower The Voting Age To 16 Grown adults have voted their way into the current morass in this country. Now is the time for a younger generation to lead the way. David A. Love Nov 03, 2020
Tenant Organizers Are Running To Keep New Yorkers In Their Homes After defeating long-time incumbents in Democratic primaries, progressive candidates are championing cancelling rent and banning evictions. Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg Oct 15, 2020
Election Night Coverage Is Broken. In 2020, It Could Be Dangerous In a presidential election likely to take weeks or months to decide, the race to name a winner on Nov. 3 could do tremendous damage to the integrity of the vote-counting process. Jay Willis Oct 14, 2020
Democrats Could Break the Republican Trifecta in Arizona The party needs to win two state House seats and three state Senate seats in next month’s election to flip the chambers. Here are the candidates running in hotly contested races. Meg O'Connor Oct 13, 2020
Florida Governor’s Bid To Felonize Protesting Is An Attack On Democracy, Justice Advocate Says Legislation proposed this week by Gov. Ron DeSantis also seeks to withhold state funding from counties that move to decrease police budgets. Lauren Gill, Jerry Iannelli Sep 24, 2020
Tiffany Cabán: Why I Am Running For New York City Council In the face of a pandemic and police violence, elected leaders have failed to keep us safe and to champion the voices of marginalized communities like mine. Now it is time to determine our own future. Tiffany Cabán Sep 23, 2020
New Jersey Takes On Vestige Of Three-Fifths Clause: Prison Gerrymandering Sarah Lustbader Jan 16, 2020
Spotlight: Presidential Candidates—Pay Attention to Poverty and All of Its Drivers Vaidya Gullapalli Jun 26, 2019
US Attorney’s Office That Prosecuted Inauguration Day Protesters Has History of Misconduct Findings Prosecutors on the "J20" case faced grave allegations of misconduct after withholding exculpatory evidence contained in videos from defense attorneys. But this is far from the first time that this office has found itself in hot water. Jessica Brand, Ethan Brown Jul 30, 2018
A Massachusetts District Attorney Tries To Crown His Successor In the Berkshire County DA race, the establishment is resorting to extreme measures to ensure it maintains power and avoids change. Eoin Higgins Jun 26, 2018
Eric Holder May Be Considering a Presidential Run. But Has His Time Passed? As voters begin to realize that prosecutors in the world's most incarcerated nation may not be the best people to run the government, the era of the prosecutor politician could be on its way out. Chase Madar Jun 19, 2018
In Louisiana, Threatening to File a Complaint Against Police Can Lead to a Five-Year Prison Sentence Michael Stein Apr 17, 2018
Anti-Backpage Law Not Yet Enacted, But the Crackdown on Sex Workers Has Already Begun Melissa Gira Grant Apr 10, 2018
New Jersey Governor-Elect Promising Bold Criminal Justice Reform Agenda Phil Murphy has promised marijuana legalization, end of cash bail and will look at ending minimum mandatory sentences Larry Hannan Nov 09, 2017
New Jersey Governor-Elect Promising Bold Criminal Justice Reform Agenda Phil Murphy has promised marijuana legalization, end of cash bail and will look at ending minimum mandatory sentences Larry Hannan
Nico LaHood Faces a New Challenger in the Primary — His Former Law Partner, Who He Threatened to “Destroy Former business partner of Nico LaHood will run against him after LaHood threatened to shut down his law practice Larry Hannan Nov 06, 2017
Colorado death penalty case challenged after prosecutor bragged about his involvement “I was your worst nightmare.” Sep 11, 2017
Prosecutor pushes for Virginia man’s execution despite signs of serious mental illness Larry Hannan Jun 29, 2017