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Law & Justice, Politics

How Nations Heal

We cannot simply put the past behind us. The framework of transitional justice offers a promising path forward.

Colleen Murphy

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Law & Justice

Law & Justice, Race

How the Government Built a Trap for Black Youth

Throughout the twentieth century, bipartisan consensus was that black youth were latent criminals in need of abundant policing.

Kelly Lytle Hernández

Law & Justice, Race

Mass. High Court Says Black Fears Matter

A Massachusetts high court ruling acknowledges that black men aren’t wrong for wanting to run from police.

Simon Waxman

Global Justice, Law & Justice

On Ice

Undocumented immigrants face horrible conditions in U.S. detention, with little legal recourse.

Colin Dayan

Class & Inequality, Law & Justice

No Easy End to Prison Profiteering

The DOJ says it will stop using private prisons. The truth is more complicated.

Christopher Petrella

Law & Justice, Race

Paying for Punishment

Debt still sends many people—especially black people—to jail.

Donna Murch

Law & Justice, Politics

Racial Violence in Black and White

Images of police violence against African Americans have a radical heritage.

Benjamin Balthaser

Law & Justice, Politics

Waiting at Guantánamo

After fourteen years, Mohamedou Ould Slahi may finally have a chance at freedom.

Henry Ace Knight

Gender & Sexuality, Law & Justice

The Problem of Punishment

Rapists should be held accountable. But is more incarceration the best way?

Judith Levine

Global Justice, Law & Justice

That Lonesome Whistle

Edward Snowden’s actions can be justified, but not as civil disobedience.

Candice Delmas

Law & Justice, Politics

On Stone Mountain

White supremacy and the birth of the modern Democratic Party.

Christopher Petrella

Law & Justice, Race

The Roots of Black Incarceration

A nineteenth-century memoir sheds light on the origins of the modern prison.

Joy James

Law & Justice, Science & Nature

The Genetic Panopticon

DNA is a powerful forensic tool. If only crime labs could be trusted with it.

Brandon L. Garrett

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