Criminal Justice System
I Spent $100,000 Trying to Solve My Dad’s Murder
I’ve poured everything I have into finding out what happened to my dad on July 11, 2002.
By Madison McGhee
Donald Trump’s Criminal Justice Agenda Is a Front
He pardoned violent January 6 offenders and is criminalizing vulnerable immigrants.
By Scott Hechinger and Andrew Kornfeld
The True Story of the Only Black Police Precinct in U.S. History
The officers at the Miami precinct were not allowed to arrest white citizens.
By Vanessa Contreras and Terrance Cribbs-Lorrant
How Police Put Autistic People Like My Brother in Danger
Police interactions put young people like my brother at risk.
By Nancy A. Parker
California Subjects People Like Me to Modern-Day Slavery
But voters have a chance to end forced prison labor in November.
By Nicholas Tirado
It’s Legal to Execute an Innocent Person in the United States
The Supreme Court has twice ruled that it is perfectly constitutional to do so.
By Scott Hechinger
How Fentanyl Took Over the Lives of Two Wisconsin Teens
At 15, Maylia was selling. At 17, Jack couldn't stop using.
By Lizzie Presser
My Dad’s Experience in Prison Pushed Me to Become a Doctor
"When I see patients who are imprisoned it’s like, I know those people.”
By Adaira Landry
How Young People Feel About Trump’s Criminal Cases
"The distrust of the system is really insane.”
By Rachel Janfaza
These Students Are Graduating From College Behind Prison Walls
“You're breaking down and rebuilding yourself as a human being.”
By Charlotte West
What Will Happen to All the Students Arrested in Campus Protests?
Some are facing criminal charges, while others are being disciplined by their schools.
By Tori Gantz
This Tiktok Lawyer Wants You to Remember Not to Talk to Cops
Our criminal justice system "needs to be totally razed and made into something else."
By Hannah Paperno
Trump Should Pay for His Crimes, But Celebrating Felony Disenfranchisement Isn't It
No, people with felony convictions shouldn't lose their voting rights.
By Olayemi Olurin
The Silent Crisis Impacting Women in the United States
Women are the new face of criminalization, incarceration, and punishment.
By Bahar Mirhosseni, Chelsea Halstead, and Sandra Babcock
So Can Trump Still Be the President?
And answers to all your other burning questions.
By Fortesa Latifi and Allegra Kirkland
I’m Going Into Criminal Law Because My Dad Is In Prison
My dad has been incarcerated since I was 1 year old.
By Charlotte West
Ski Mask Bans and the Racist History of Criminalizing Fashion
There’s a long history of prohibiting fashion trends popular among young Black and brown people.
By Kristin Henning and Vic Wiener
How AI Mirrors the White Supremacy of Our World
The uses we’ve seen for artificial intelligence are not objective or unbiased.
By Bunny McKensie Mack
The US Sentences Kids to Life in Prison Without Parole
It doesn’t have to be this way.
By Xavier McElrath-Bey