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Filmmaker Garrett Bradley on Time in the Criminal Justice System
"Time" explores incarceration through a lens of beauty and love, rather than the trauma and pain audiences are accustomed to.
How Do We End Racism in Policing?
Incremental reforms have not worked. Reducing police violence requires taking bold steps that lead to transformational change.
Atrocities of the Federal Death Penalty
President Biden must commute all federal death sentences.
We Can Create a Florida That Is More Just, More Equal, and More Free
We can create a Florida that is more just, more equal, and more free. To see the path toward justice, democracy, and equality in Florida, we must make our own way. We Make The Way — and we can do it together.
By Micah W. Kubic
50 Years Into the War on Drugs, Biden-Harris can Fix the Harm It Created
The war on drugs has failed, and Americans on the right and left are ready for it to end.
Incarcerated People Should Get Priority Access to the COVID-19 Vaccine. It’s the Smart and Humane Thing to Do.
If officials fail to prioritize incarcerated individuals for the vaccine, we will take them to court.
Bold and Visionary: A Criminal Justice To-Do List for the New Administration
Udi Ofer, Former Director, Justice Division, ACLU National Political and Advocacy Department
We’ve Had Enough Death in 2020. Why Add More?
Yusuf Ahmed Nur, Professor, Indiana University Kokomo
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Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms Termination of Landmark Consent Decree on Homelessness after 20 Years
We expects the city to abide by its pledge of durable reforms. This is particularly essential amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The CDC have warned against breaking up encampments of this vulnerable population during the crisis. We expect the city to strive to provide housing to homeless individuals.
By Benjamin Waxman
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