Commentary
November 7, 2018
Florida’s Election Shows the True Promise of Restoring Voting Rights
With the passage of Amendment 4, more than a million people intimately affected by the criminal justice system have become more empowered to shape it.
Feature
September 13, 2018
Seven states won’t give victim aid to people with criminal histories. The policies fall hardest on black families.
Analysis
September 12, 2018
As the NYPD slows arrests for fare evasion, neighborhoods of color remain a target.
Commentary
August 26, 2018
Black and brown men paid the price for supplying what the recreational drug market demanded: cocaine and weed.
Commentary
August 20, 2018
Denying voting rights to people with felony convictions has roots in racist laws.
Feature
April 29, 2018
Think the Manhattan DA goes easy on the rich? Take a look at how he prosecutes the poor.
Commentary
April 23, 2018
In retail, fear of black criminality regularly shows up in policies and practices across stores and sectors.
Life Inside
February 15, 2018
"The only right you have, I told him, is to make it home alive."
Commentary
October 23, 2017
New research finds that prosecutors give white defendants better deals than black defendants.