criminal justice reform

The relationship changed both of their lives.

Police interactions put young people like my brother at risk.

Simmons has broken “the concrete ceiling for other formerly incarcerated people to run.”

Our current approach to crime doesn’t work. This is an alternative.

Some jobs require us to encounter profound trauma on a regular basis.

There’s a tremendous human cost.

“Punitive systems only create more cycles of trauma and violence.”

They date back to Richard Nixon's war on drugs.

It isn’t really an alternative to incarceration; it’s an alternate route to it.

“Abolition looks like community care at its core.”

Tishaura Jones knows you can’t address crime without addressing poverty.

“Their presence does not make people feel safe.”

George Floyd’s brother called the ruling “historic.”

Jones, a progressive, will be the city’s first Black woman mayor.

Storm Reid, Ayanna Pressley, and more talk to Teen Vogue about 2020.

Defunding the police means defunding the police.

Law enforcement associations get the policies they pay for.

Reform isn't good enough.

“It’s hurting us, but it’s hurting our families the most.”

“We need people in office for whom policy is personal.”