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Feature August 30, 2021
The Black Mortality Gap, and a Century-Old Document
1 in 5 African American deaths happens earlier than if they were White. Black doctors say the Flexner Report holds clues to the health system’s role in racial health disparities.
By Anna Flagg
The System October 21, 2020
Race and Policing
Police forces in the U.S. were originally founded to secure private property—including human beings.
by Jamiles Lartey and Annaliese Griffin
Demonstrators protest the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery at the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Georgia, on May 8. Gregory and Travis McMichael were arrested the previous night and charged with murder.
Commentary May 21, 2020
Ahmaud Arbery and the Local Legacy of Lynching
How the white vigilante killing of the unarmed, black jogger in Brunswick, Georgia, is both an echo of past violence and a modern call to action.
By Jennifer Rae Taylor and Kayla Vinson
Feature December 6, 2018
Bookshelf
Books about criminal justice, curated by The Marshall Project staff.
By The Marshall Project
Looking Back June 24, 2018
“An Odd, Almost Senseless Series of Events”
Every law student knows John Brady’s name. But few know the story of the bumbling murder that ended in a landmark legal ruling.
By Thomas L. Dybdahl
Al Capone and his bodyguard were arrested in Philadelphia in May 1929 for carrying concealed deadly weapons.
Looking Back May 28, 2018
Defending Al Capone
How the most notorious gangster of all got railroaded in Philadelphia.
By Marc Bookman
Attorney General Jeff Sessions waits onstage to address the National Sheriffs' Association Winter Conference in Washington, Feb. 12, 2018.
Commentary February 13, 2018
About the ‘Anglo-American Heritage of Law Enforcement’
Jeff Sessions is right about the ‘heritage' of U.S. sheriffs, in more ways than one.
Robin Washington
The House of the Good Shepherd in Troy, N.Y., circa 1940.
Commentary November 3, 2017
What About the ‘Lost Children’ (and Mothers) of America?
It’s time for their voices to be heard.
By Rheann Kelly, Christina Kovats, and Natalie Medley
FBI Director Chris Wray, left, speaks at his installation ceremony at the FBI Building, in Washington in September.
Commentary October 17, 2017
‘Black Identity Extremists’ and the Dark Side of the FBI
Leaked documents remind us of the agency’s history of dirty tricks.
David Dennis
Carolyn Jordan-Daniels at her home in Highland, Calif. Her great-uncle, Nelson Nash, was murdered by a mob in Louisiana after being wrongly arrested.
Feature January 3, 2017
Getting Away With Murder
Researching lynching cold cases, law students restore history.
By Beth Schwartzapfel
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