Co-published with the Philadelphia Inquirer. During the pandemic, jail populations — largely poor people who can’t afford bail — have been some of the hardest hit by the …

Co-published with Slate. I learned racial ambiguity was not something I could afford.

Co-published with VICE News. Life in pre-release is like a grim resource-management video game where you have to juggle ironclad schedules and severe punishments for small …

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.