Co-published with The Intercept. From J20 to Black Lives Matter, the Trump administration is using inflated federal charges to expand repression of dissent.

Co-published with The Appeal. Proposition 25 would replace the current system with an even more punitive one, some criminal justice reform groups say.

Co-published with The American Prospect. Journalists are having trouble contacting sources, and inmates who speak on the record face retaliation.

Co-published with The New York Review of Books. Despite their relatively small numbers, Native organizers in Minneapolis are central to the activist fabric of the city …

Co-published with The New York Review of Books. In Minneapolis, a debate rages over whether to reform or abolish the city’s police force. But all efforts …

Co-published with The Intercept. We are in the era of Black Lives Matter but anti-racism books should not hold value only in relation to troubled times.

Co-published with The New York Review of Books. An intimate look at how Minneapolis is rebuilding — and reforming — itself after the police killing of …

Co-published with Slate. Most states let courts fine teenagers. The debt is taking down their whole families.

Co-published with The New Republic. The vast, hidden inequities of the civil legal system.

Co-published with The Intercept. It’s time to end the entertainment industry’s anti-Black, pro-police programming.

Co-published with Slate. A 22-year-old takes to the streets of a restless Salt Lake City.

Co-published with The Appeal. Public safety is not improved by stricter probation and parole rules, researchers have found.