Freddie Gray, Five Years Later On the anniversary of the Baltimore Uprising protests, new evidence in Gray’s death uncovers suppressed witness accounts of police brutality. Illustration by Daniel ...

The Enduring, Pernicious Whiteness Of True Crime White voices and victims dominate the genre, which can skew the perception of what constitutes a crime. Illustration by Daniel Zender.

Sports venues like the new SoFi Stadium have been crushing poor communities around the country for over a century.

Crashes, Injuries, Deaths: The Dangers of Police Chases Two recent investigations look at how, in the name of fighting crime, police departments engage in dangerous, often fatal, vehicle pursuits ...

In America, judges, juries, and prosecutors can still exhibit clear signs of anti-LGBTQ+ bias when giving people a death sentence.

In San Quentin Prison, Getting The Flu Can Land You In Solitary Confinement Prisoners avoid admitting they are sick because they don’t want to be put in solitary, so nurses go cell to cell to take ...

Texas prison's Program for the Aggressive Mentally Ill Offender (PAMIO) program functions like solitary punishment, imprisoned people say.

According to FBI data, the U.S. is about as safe as it’s ever been. So why is tough-on-crime rhetoric on the rise?

Ayanna Pressley’s Husband Spent 10 Years in Prison. Now He and Pressley Are Fighting for Re-Entry Reform The U.S. representative said her husband helped her realize that when one person is ...

The latest frontier in drug reform has been the loosening of legal restrictions on psilocybin—the psychoactive compound in “magic mushrooms.” Psilocybin reform is an important development for at least ...

Exclusive: Former Colleagues Accuse Mississippi D.A. Candidate Jody Owens Of Sexual Harassment An EEOC complaint documents allegations against Owens, former managing attorney in the Jackson office of ...

The “shoplifting panic” myth let cops buy facial recognition software, drones, license plate readers, surveillance tech, and more.