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Nov 8, 2017

The 2017 Elections Show Criminal Justice Reform Can Be a Winning Issue

On Election Day 2017, candidates in Philadelphia, New Jersey, Virginia, and New York won on platforms that proactively embraced criminal justice reform or rejected fear-...

Nov 8, 2017

Transgender Soldiers Are Equal to the Task. We Have Earned the Right to Serve Our Country.

This article is an expression of my personal opinion as a private citizen, and in no way reflects that of the United States Navy, the government, or affiliated agencies and...

Nov 7, 2017

Private Prison Giant CoreCivic’s Wants to Corner the Mass Incarceration ‘Market’ in the States

CoreCivic, Inc., the private prison company, will release its quarterly earnings report tomorrow, Nov. 8, to investors, which will mark an extraordinary one-year turnaround for an industry...

Nov 7, 2017

President Trump’s Pick for Global Women’s Issues Ambassador Has Anti-Women, Anti-LGBT Background

In a move that solidifies concerns that President Trump is intent on undermining women’s and LGBT rights ...

Nov 3, 2017

The Trump Administration Is Keeping a U.S. Citizen Secretly Locked Up Without Charges

For nearly two months, the U.S. military has been detaining an American citizen at a secret jail in Iraq, denying him access to a lawyer and even refusing to release his name. The Trump administration is...

Nov 2, 2017

Forced Labor, Rotten Chicken, and the Occasional AA Meeting

When a judge sent Shane Norrid to an addiction rehab program rather than to jail, Norrid thought he’d get the help he needed. Norrid...