Revolution in a Minor Key
Reprinted from Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments by Saidiya Hartman. Copyright © 2019 by Saidiya Hartman. Used with…
Immigrants in ICE Detention Have Joined the Nationwide Prison Strike
On Tuesday, incarcerated people around the country launched a 19-day strike, protesting the dire conditions of their…
Former Drug Addict Guilty of Cashing a Fake Check Gets Sterilized at the Suggestion of a Judge
The Washington Post reports that a judge in an Oklahoma City courtroom recommended that Summer Thyme Creel, a mother of…
San Francisco Will Clear Thousands of Marijuana Convictions Dating Back to 1975
San Francisco’s District Attorney George Gascón announced on Wednesday that the city will be reviewing and…
Former Wisconsin DA Reveals Evidence Excluded From Making a Murderer, Calls Show 'Misinformation'
Netflix’s newest bingeable true crime series Making a Murderer tells the story of Steven Avery, a poor Manitowoc,…
Barack Obama Says Prison Rape Jokes Are Never Okay
President Barack Obama condemned the criminal justice system for being “skewed by race and by wealth,” and called for a…