CBP Can’t Detain Domestic Flight Passengers for Refusing Suspicionless ID Checks

The Constitution protects passengers deplaning domestic flights just as it protects people on the street or in a car.

A CBP officer checks a passenger's ID

I Want Justice for My Son, Lucca

Now that was exactly what was happening, except it was the police accusing him of something he didn’t do. Those men are supposed to protect him, not falsely accuse him or beat him up.

ClintinaandLuccaRolle

Legislators Threw Away Real Criminal Justice Reform — and Millions in Taxpayer Money

Only a collective group of fools would be professionally and ethically comfortable sustaining a stagnant system of mass incarceration.

JudyThompson

I Spent 16 Months in Solitary Confinement and Now I’m Fighting to End It

A new report proves that the degrading conditions in solitary confinement continue to harm people and communities.

Interior of a prison cell

The Supreme Court’s Most Consequential Ruling for Privacy in the Digital Age, One Year In

Lower courts should make clear, as the Supreme Court does, that we don’t forfeit our Fourth Amendment rights by operating a laptop, car, or cellphone.

Phone Tower

Supreme Court Finds that Wilbur Ross Lied To Put Citizenship Question on the 2020 Census

The ruling affirms that the Trump administration cannot offer pretextual reasons to cover up its anti-immigrant attacks.

Demonstrators marching against adding a question regarding citizenship to the Census

Pride Is for You

"To the kids who are not out because they feel it's dangerous to be out, or because they are not ready yet: That's okay."

Alex Grindle

Equity Must Be at the Heart of Marijuana Legalization

In short, will marijuana legalization be defined by racial and economic justice or not?

Marijuana clones are monitored inside the "Vegetative Room" at the Ataraxia medical marijuana cultivation center in Albion, Ill.

Florida Mother Asks Why We Pull Out the Adult Card For Crimes

My daughter Taylor has been raised in adult jails and prisons since she was 15. She is now 19 and it will be another six years before she can come home. At that point, as she navigates being an adult in a world she’s never known, she’ll carry the burden of probation until she’s 35.

Kim Lawrance