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How Hospitals Helped Erode Reproductive Rights

Criminal prosecutions sparked by hospital drug testing helped advance the legal concept that the fetus had interests the state could protect.

Closing Argument • 03.14.2026

The Untold Story of How Crack Shaped the Justice System

In a new book, a journalist wrestles with how lessons from America’s response to crack resonate in the opioid era.

Q&A • 11.06.2023

What’s Really in the First Step Act?

Too much? Too little? You be the judge.

News • 11.16.2018

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