Human Rights

The following comments are just a snapshot of the numerous troubling comments made by various Shelby County, Tennessee, court judges that were captured and later published by Just City Court…

When Ann Arbor City Council member Cynthia Harrison began her initiative to stop police from pulling over drivers for low-level traffic stops to address minor infractions, she listened to constituents…

The Missing Migrant Program is meant to prevent deaths. Instead, it may be causing them. The two Guatemalan boys huddled under a shiny black blanket that reflected the moonlight. It…

Californians have gone back and forth on crime and punishment for years. In 1994, they voted for harsher criminal penalties and a three-strikes law. Twenty years later, in 2014, nearly 60%…

Robert Roberson, who faces execution in Texas on Oct. 17, is the latest death row prisoner to see a glossy campaign to save his life. He was convicted of killing his…

As Alaskans consider this fall whether to repeal their new ranked-choice voting election system, leaders of the state’s Native tribes have emerged as key defenders of the system. They’re working…

About a month before Arizona’s July primary, Pima County Recorder Gabriella Cázares-Kelly and her older sister Elisa Cázares were driving around Three Points, a rural community between Tucson and where…

Advocate and activist Jeff Singer joins “Rattling the Bars” to discuss the “Grants Pass v. Johnson” ruling, and what it means for America’s poor. The number of homeless people in…

During a recent public appearance, Cook County Public Defender Sharone Mitchell recalled the early days of working to pass, defend and then implement Illinois’ historic bail reform law amid intense…

In the past few months, politicians and certain media outlets have latched on to a narrative that recent immigrants, especially undocumented ones, are causing spikes in crime. Instead of gathering…

The criminal legal system views pretrial detention as a necessary sacrifice that prioritizes crime prevention and court attendance over personal liberty. However, detention is demonstrably ineffective on both fronts: when…

During Prison Banned Books Week, it is important to acknowledge that books have long served as a bridge to the outside world for incarcerated people. They allow people cut off…