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September 20, 2023
North Carolina May Increase Odds of Gridlock with Even-Numbered Elections Boards
Daniel Walton
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September 19, 2023
Forced Labor Continues in Colorado, Years After Vote to End Prison Slavery
Moe Clark
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September 15, 2023
Different Futures For Pennsylvania Elections Collide in November’s Supreme Court Race
Alex Burness
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September 14, 2023
Mississippi Organizers Navigate Difficult Voting Rights Terrain in Run Up to November
Ingrid Cruz
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September 13, 2023
Court Watchers Prepare For the End of Cash Bail in Illinois
Bryce Covert
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September 8, 2023
Connecticut’s New Commutation Policy Raises the Bar for Second Chances
Kelan Lyons
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September 6, 2023
New Law Could Make It Even Harder to Get Health Care in Deadly West Virginia Lockups
Alex Burness
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September 1, 2023
The “Chief Lawbreaking Officer” of Texas Finally Faces Trial
Michael Barajas
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August 31, 2023
Jeff Landry’s Bid for Louisiana Governor Has Been a Crusade Against Its Cities
Piper French
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August 30, 2023
An Iowa County Just Stopped An Election Denier from Overseeing 2024 Election
Daniel Nichanian
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August 24, 2023
Louisiana First in the Nation to Vote on Banning Private Elections Funding
Alex Burness
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August 22, 2023
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About State Supreme Courts
Daniel Nichanian
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Quinn Yeargain
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August 18, 2023
Brutality and Deaths Inside East Baton Rouge Jail Spark Uphill Battle for Reform
Piper French
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August 16, 2023
‘We Have a Right to Put It on the Ballot’: How Organizers Are Defending Direct Democracy
Daniel Nichanian
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August 14, 2023
In the South, Challenges to Democratic Prosecutors Headline November’s Elections
Daniel Nichanian
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August 9, 2023
Ohioans Reject GOP Effort to Weaken Direct Democracy, in Big Win for Abortion Rights
Cameron Joseph
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August 8, 2023
Tennessee Puts Voting Rights at the Whims of State Officials
Daniel Nichanian
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August 4, 2023
Massachusetts Is Poised to Make Communications Free for Incarcerated People
Alex Burness
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August 2, 2023
Prisons Grow in Mississippi as State Officials Cut Parole
Victoria Law
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July 28, 2023
Kentucky’s Governor Race Could Unwind Voting Rights Restoration
Alex Burness
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July 27, 2023
Wisconsin’s Election Office In Limbo After GOP Tries To Force Out Its Director
Cameron Joseph
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July 26, 2023
Dallas County Jail Adds Election Day Polling Place After Pressure from Activists
Jessica Pishko
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July 21, 2023
On Policing, Brandon Johnson’s Progressive Promises Meet Their First Tests
Max Blaisdell
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July 18, 2023
Alabama Failed to Carry Out Its Last Two Executions. It’s Trying Again This Week.
Lauren Gill
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Daniel Moritz-Rabson
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July 17, 2023
The Death Penalty on Trial in Louisiana
Piper French
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July 13, 2023
Why Dayton Quit ShotSpotter, a Surveillance Tool Many Cities Still Embrace
Stephen Starr
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July 11, 2023
Oregon Wants to Register Medicaid Recipients to Vote. Will Biden Officials Allow It?
Alex Burness
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July 10, 2023
A Pair of Election Deniers Are Running To Take Over Election Offices In Washington
Cameron Joseph
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July 5, 2023
Canceled Elections Leave Georgia’s Utility Commission in Anti-Democratic Limbo
Camille Squires
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June 30, 2023
Mississippi DA, Exposed for Striking Black Jurors, Leaves His Office On His Own Terms
Parker Yesko
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June 29, 2023
“Just an Opportunity to Come Home”
Daniel Nichanian
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June 27, 2023
Supreme Court Refuses to Empower State Legislatures to Run Elections as They Please
Quinn Yeargain
,
June 23, 2023
North Carolina GOP Is Cracking Down on the Black Sheriffs Who Stood Up to ICE
Piper French
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June 21, 2023
Reform Prosecutors Sweep Three Northern Virginia Primaries
Alex Burness
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June 20, 2023
Melinda Katz Once Faced Off Against DSA. Now It’s New York’s Police Lobby.
Maggie Duffy
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June 16, 2023
The Virginians Who Can’t Vote Because of Glenn Youngkin
Alex Burness
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June 12, 2023
Voting Rights Just Got a Second Surprise Win in Alabama
Cameron Joseph
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June 9, 2023
Surprise After Supreme Court Saves What’s Left of the Voting Rights Act
Daniel Nichanian
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June 8, 2023
Colorado Bans Local Governments From Jailing Immigrants for ICE
Alex Burness
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June 6, 2023
New Jersey Is Poised for Its First Ever Public Defender Justice
Chris Geidner
,
June 2, 2023
Republicans Escalate Attacks on Election Administration in Texas’ Largest County
Michael Barajas
,
June 1, 2023
“An Attempt to Fool Voters”: Ohio GOP Sets Up Vote To Weaken Direct Democracy
Cameron Joseph
,
May 30, 2023
Sentencing Reforms for Domestic Abuse Survivors Derail in Oklahoma
Victoria Law
,
May 26, 2023
‘Everything Was Just a No’: Progressives Frustrated After Colorado Legislative Session
Alex Burness
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May 24, 2023
Survivors of Solitary Confinement Face the California Governor’s Veto Pen
Piper French
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May 22, 2023
Tensions High on Bail and Policing as New Yorkers Elect DAs and Sheriffs
Daniel Nichanian
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May 19, 2023
California AG Ends San Francisco’s First Prosecution for an On-Duty Police Killing
Piper French
,
May 17, 2023
Pennsylvania GOP Doubles Down on Election Deniers, Including a Fake Trump Elector
Daniel Nichanian
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May 17, 2023
Reformers Soar in Pittsburgh Primaries, Opening New Chapter for Decarceral Efforts
Alex Burness
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May 15, 2023
How Will Philadelphia’s Next Mayor Tackle the Overdose Crisis?
Clare Boyle
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May 11, 2023
The ‘Stop the Steal’ Judge Who Wants a Seat on Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court
Alex Burness
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May 10, 2023
Future of Youth Detention Hangs in Balance of Pittsburgh Election
Alex Burness
,
May 8, 2023
Austin Voters Embrace Civilian Police Oversight in Saturday Election
Michael Barajas
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May 5, 2023
“A Target on My Back”: New GOP Law Aims to Force Georgia Prosecutors’ Hands
Daniel Nichanian
,
May 4, 2023
France Enables AI Surveillance Ahead of 2024 Paris Olympics, Alarming Privacy Activists
Piper French
,
May 2, 2023
Philadelphia’s Progressive Movement Aims for the Mayor’s Office
Maura Ewing
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April 28, 2023
Connecticut Governor Scrambles Pardons Board and Halts Clemency
Kelan Lyons
,
April 26, 2023
Exonerees Sound the Alarm on New Florida Law Allowing Death Sentences by Split Juries
Lauren Gill
,
April 25, 2023
Police Killing Looms Over May DA Race in Eastern Pennsylvania
Alex Burness
,
April 21, 2023
Arizona’s Self-Styled “American Sheriff” Wants to Go to Washington
Jessica Pishko
,
April 20, 2023
New York’s Highest Court Takes a Step to the Left, Maybe
Daniel Nichanian
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April 19, 2023
Police Union Spreads Fear Over San Antonio Ballot Measure Decriminalizing Weed and Abortion
Michael Barajas
,
April 18, 2023
“Our Voices Don’t Matter”: Tennessee Moves to Gut Police Oversight
Piper French
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April 14, 2023
Pittsburgh’s Most Heavily Imprisoned Areas Want Change. Will the Suburbs Listen?
Alex Burness
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April 13, 2023
Minnesota’s Keith Ellison Thwarts a Reform Prosecutor He Endorsed
Eamon Whalen
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April 11, 2023
Domestic Violence Survivors Seek a Pathway Out of Louisiana Prisons
Victoria Law
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April 6, 2023
Chicago’s Organizer Mayor
Camille Squires
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April 5, 2023
Liberals Flip the Wisconsin Supreme Court After Fifteen-Year Wait
Daniel Nichanian
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April 3, 2023
“A Weapon by the State to Silence Our Voices”
Piper French
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March 30, 2023
“This Election Is So Quiet”: Inside the Scramble to Mobilize Milwaukee in a High-Stakes Judge Race
Katjusa Cisar
,
March 28, 2023
“Back to 1902”: Virginia Governor Revives Lifetime Ban on Voting
Alex Burness
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March 27, 2023
How the Tennessee GOP is Trying to Mute Music City
Henry Hicks
,
March 24, 2023
Texas Bill Tries to Shroud Jail Deaths in Even More Secrecy
Michael Barajas
,
March 22, 2023
In Pennsylvania’s 2023 DA Races, There’s Already a Winner: Unopposed Prosecutors
Daniel Nichanian
,
March 20, 2023
“An Attack on Direct Democracy in Arkansas”
Daniel Nichanian
,
March 17, 2023
Pair of Reforms to Expand the Electorate Become Law in D.C.
Alex Burness
,
March 16, 2023
Oregon Tries Again to Restore Voting Rights in Prisons
Piper French
,
March 13, 2023
New Mexico Is Making It Easier to Vote
Alex Burness
,
March 9, 2023
Right-Wing Task Force Will Police Elections in the Texas GOP’s Last Urban Stronghold
Jessica Pishko
,
March 8, 2023
Oklahomans Reject Recreational Weed in Low-Turnout Election
Daniel Nichanian
,
March 7, 2023
Maryland Inches Forward on Harm Reduction to Fight Overdoses
Alex Burness
,
March 3, 2023
How Attacks Against Obamacare Turned Into Tools to Protect Abortion Access
Quinn Yeargain
,
March 1, 2023
In Chicago’s Police Oversight Elections, Progressives Targeted by FOP Prevail
Max Blaisdell
,
February 28, 2023
West Virginia Adds to Election Deniers’ Ongoing Takeover of State Politics
Alex Burness
,
February 24, 2023
How the State Sanctions Police Violence
Piper French
,
February 23, 2023
Chicago Election Puts Police Oversight in Voters’ Hands
Max Blaisdell
,
February 22, 2023
Wisconsin’s Supreme Court Runoff Takes Shape as Referendum on Abortion and Democracy
Daniel Nichanian
,
February 22, 2023
Minnesota Is Restoring the Voting Rights of Tens of Thousands
Alex Burness
,
February 17, 2023
How One City Ended Prison Gerrymandering
Aaron Mendelson
,
February 16, 2023
In Chicago Mayor Race, Policing Dominates Over Violence Prevention Programs
Zachary A. Siegel
,
February 14, 2023
With Illinois Cash Bail Case, Courts May Wall Themselves Off from Reform
Bryce Covert
,
February 10, 2023
Mississippi Power Grab Heightens Focus on State’s Punitive Court System
Daniel Nichanian
,
February 9, 2023
The New DA of Memphis Wants to Break with the Past, to a Point
Piper French
,
February 7, 2023
“They Don’t Trust Us”: Nevada Election Workers Still Face Pressure and Harassment
Alex Burness
,
February 3, 2023
North Carolina Supreme Court Signals It May Roll Back Voting Rights for Thousands
Kelan Lyons
,
February 2, 2023
Campaign Finance Reformers Hope to Convert Their First State to Democracy Vouchers
Spenser Mestel
,
February 1, 2023
A Police Stop Is Enough to Make Someone Less Likely to Vote
Jonathan Ben-Menachem
,
January 27, 2023
A Texas ‘Crime Stopper’ Targeting Reform Judges Could Gain More Power Over Them
Michael Barajas
,
January 26, 2023
In Oregon’s Prisons, Terminally Ill People Are Left with Little Recourse
Piper French
,
January 23, 2023
Efforts to Expand Ballot Access in Washington State Jails Face Local Pushback
Khawla Nakua
,
January 20, 2023
With Marijuana Bill, Minnesota Democrats Seek to Repair Harms of War on Drugs
Alex Burness
,
January 18, 2023
Alabama’s New Election-Denying Secretary of State Leaves Group That Helps States Clean Voter Rolls
Daniel Nichanian
,
January 13, 2023
Oakland’s “Riders” Scandal and the Fraught Road to Police Reform
Piper French
,
January 12, 2023
In Ohio’s Redistricting Redo, a New Justice and a New Speaker Will Steer the Ship
Daniel Nichanian
,
January 9, 2023
“Exercises in Futility”: Dallas Police Oversight Board Mired in Frustration and Inaction
Tyler Hicks
,
January 6, 2023
South Carolina Supreme Court Recognizes that Privacy Rights Protect Abortion Access
Quinn Yeargain
,
January 5, 2023
Committee Appointment Threatens to Derail Criminal Justice Reforms in Colorado
Alex Burness
,
December 23, 2022
Ten Questions that Will Shape Democracy and Voting Rights in 2023
Camille Squires
,
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Daniel Nichanian
,
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Michael Barajas
,
December 22, 2022
Kathy Hochul Pushes New York’s Highest Court to the Right
Daniel Nichanian
,
December 20, 2022
Landmark Push for Clemency in Oregon and Nevada Show Split Paths on Death Penalty
Chris Geidner
,
December 16, 2022
New Progressive Bloc on LA Council Wants to Reshape How City Responds to Homelessness
Piper French
,
December 14, 2022
What Off Year? Hundreds of Local Elections Will Define Criminal Justice Policy in 2023
Daniel Nichanian
,
December 8, 2022
In Rejecting Voter ID Measure, Arizonans Bucked History and Surprised Advocates
Alex Burness
,
December 5, 2022
Long Lines, Short Windows: How Georgia’s New Restrictive Voting Law Complicates the Senate Runoff
Anoa Changa
,
December 1, 2022
Rhode Island Pair, Once Dogged by Criminal Legal System, Elected to Statehouse
Alex Burness
,
November 29, 2022
In Legislative Elections, Democrats Defied Recent History
Daniel Nichanian
,
November 22, 2022
To Boost Turnout, Some Cities Just Synced Up Their Local Elections With National Cycles
Alex Burness
,
November 21, 2022
With Oakland DA Win, Reformers Rebuild Strength in the Bay Area
Piper French
,
November 18, 2022
Los Angeles Voters Ousted Their Sheriff—and Then Just Kept Going
Piper French
,
November 17, 2022
Election Day Problems Inflame Voter Fraud Conspiracies in Houston
Michael Barajas
,
November 15, 2022
Nine Midterm Stories You Should Not Miss on Criminal Justice and Voting Rights
Bolts Staff
,
November 14, 2022
In Secretary of State Races, Election Deniers (Mostly) Lose
Camille Squires
,
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Daniel Nichanian
,
November 11, 2022
Immigration Hardliners Lose Sheriff Races in Massachusetts and Beyond
Alex Burness
,
November 10, 2022
The Ballot Measures That Revamped Voting on Tuesday
Camille Squires
,
November 9, 2022
Massachusetts Voters Oust “The Arpaio of the East”
Alex Burness
,
November 9, 2022
Wins and Losses for State Referendums to Legalize Weed and Psychedelics
Alex Burness
,
November 9, 2022
Minneapolis Elects a Career Public Defender as Its New Prosecutor
Camille Squires
,
,
Daniel Nichanian
,
November 9, 2022
Measures to Protect Abortion Rights Triumph on Tuesday
Quinn Yeargain
,
November 7, 2022
Omaha Prosecutor Seeks Re-Election, Two Years After His Party Accused Him of Racism
Alex Burness
,
November 5, 2022
In San Francisco, “No Intention to Seek Justice”
Piper French
,
November 4, 2022
In North Carolina, a Rush to “Restore Hope in the Vote” in People with Felony Convictions
Kelan Lyons
,
November 3, 2022
The 30 Prosecutor and Sheriff Races that Will Shape Criminal Justice Next Week
Michael Barajas
,
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Daniel Nichanian
,
November 1, 2022
The Anti-Carceral Feminist Who Wants to Be DA
Piper French
,
October 31, 2022
‘The Arpaio of the East’ Faces His First Opponent in 12 Years. Is Anyone Watching?
Alex Burness
,
October 28, 2022
The Prosecutor Who Wants More Power to Investigate Elections
Jessica Pishko
,
October 27, 2022
California’s 10 Most Critical Elections for Criminal Justice and Policing
Piper French
,
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Daniel Nichanian
,
October 27, 2022
Arrests Over Voting Escalate a “Culture of Fear” in Florida
Justin Garcia
,
October 25, 2022
A New Mexico County Went To War With Voting Machines. It May Gain a Powerful Ally in November.
Paul McLeod
,
October 24, 2022
Oklahoma DA Candidate Runs on Dropping Charges Against Officers Who Killed 15-Year-Old
Dylan Goforth
,
October 21, 2022
How Years of Organizing Put Drug Reform and Diversion on the Ballot in Central Texas
Michael Barajas
,
October 20, 2022
Michigan Ballot Measure Seeks to Shield State Elections from Trumpian Conspiracies
Camille Squires
,
October 17, 2022
Sacramento Ballot Measure Pushes Policing to Address Housing Crisis
Piper French
,
October 14, 2022
Two Years After George Floyd’s Murder, Who Will Be Minneapolis’s New Prosecutor?
Eamon Whalen
,
October 13, 2022
Six States Are Voting on Legalizing Weed or Psychedelics
Alex Burness
,
October 7, 2022
As Election Nears, Dallas Politicians Have Few Answers for Their Jail Crisis
Tyler Hicks
,
October 6, 2022
Civil Rights Attorney Vies to Pick Up the Torch of Reform Prosecutors in Massachusetts
Alex Burness
,
October 3, 2022
Pennsylvania’s Chief Justice, Part of a Court Majority to Shield Voting Rights, Died on Friday
Daniel Nichanian
,
September 30, 2022
Cape Cod Will Decide Whether to “Rip Up” Agreement for ICE Collaboration
Alex Burness
,
September 29, 2022
Your Guide to All 35 States Deciding Their Next Secretary of State
Daniel Nichanian
,
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Camille Squires
,
September 27, 2022
Nevada Voters Consider Bringing Ranked Choice Elections to a Swing State
Spenser Mestel
,
September 23, 2022
Kristina Karamo Has Plans to Unwind Michigan Elections
Paul McLeod
,
September 22, 2022
All the Governor’s Men
Piper French
,
September 21, 2022
Four Ballot Measures Threaten to Undercut Direct Democracy in Arizona and Arkansas
Quinn Yeargain
,
September 19, 2022
“You Never Really Felt Safe”: Resistance to Far-Right Maryland Sheriff Builds in Election Lead-Up
Manuel Madrid
,
September 16, 2022
Iowa Secretary of State Candidate Vows to Fight New Barriers to Voting
Alex Burness
,
September 15, 2022
Texas Students Are Again Battling the Closure of a Campus Polling Place
Michael Barajas
,
September 14, 2022
In the Netherlands, Safe Drug Consumption Sites Are Saving Lives. The U.S. Is Resisting.
Jaisal Noor
,
September 12, 2022
New Washington D.C. Bill Would End Voter Registration As You Know It
Alex Burness
,
September 9, 2022
Michigan Republicans Stumble in Dress Rehearsal for Overturning Future Elections
Daniel Nichanian
,
September 7, 2022
Vermont Secretary of State Candidate Looks to Expand Ballot Access, but First She Faces an Election Denier
Daniel Nichanian
,
September 2, 2022
Massachusetts Candidates Run for Sheriff as Outsiders to Law Enforcement
Alex Burness
,
September 2, 2022
California Passes Bill to Expand Prison Releases for Terminally Ill People
Piper French
,
August 31, 2022
Massachusetts Reckons with How Proactively Its Secretary of State Should Promote Voting
Sam Mellins
,
August 30, 2022
“Stay Wrong”: When State Supreme Courts Fought Back
Austin Field
,
August 26, 2022
The Winding Road to Ending ICE Collaboration in Raleigh
Jeffrey Billman
,
August 25, 2022
Voters Oust Florida Judge Who Denied Teenager’s Abortion Request Because of Bad Grades
Daniel Nichanian
,
August 24, 2022
The Big Lie Messengers Who Carry a Badge and Gun
Jessica Pishko
,
August 19, 2022
Meet the First Election Denier Poised to Win for Secretary of State This Year
Daniel Nichanian
,
August 17, 2022
Auditing the Status Quo in Los Angeles
Piper French
,
August 15, 2022
Doug Mastriano Plans to Use His Secretary of State Pick to Disrupt Pennsylvania Elections
Jake Blumgart
,
August 12, 2022
Michigan Supreme Court Restricts “Cruel” Treatment of Youth in Run of Major Decisions
Chris Geidner
,
August 10, 2022
Reform Prosecutor Wins After Police Union Attacks in Vermont
Piper French
,
August 8, 2022
How Small Towns Are Working to Protect Abortion Rights from State Threats
Davis Giangiulio
,
August 5, 2022
Memphis Ousts DA and Judge Who Oversaw Its Notoriously Harsh Court System
Daniel Nichanian
,
August 4, 2022
Florida Governor Suspends Tampa Prosecutor in Latest Attack on Abortion and Trans Rights
Chris Geidner
,
August 3, 2022
Kansas Voters Reject Constitutional Amendment to Erode Abortion Rights
Quinn Yeargain
,
August 2, 2022
Tennessee DA Faces Voters, Months After Prosecuting Activist for Wanting to Vote
Daniel Nichanian
,
July 29, 2022
North Texas Conservatives Police High Turnout and Close Races as “Anomalies” Suggesting Fraud
Michael Barajas
,
July 28, 2022
Baltimore Ousts Its Embattled Prosecutor, Reshuffling Local Criminal Justice Policy
Jaisal Noor
,
July 25, 2022
For Thousands of Georgians, Freely Traveling Across State Lines for an Abortion Is Not an Option
Piper French
,
July 22, 2022
New Massachusetts Law Requires Jails to Expand Ballot Access
Khawla Nakua
,
July 21, 2022
The People Who Count Our Elections—or Can Grind the Process to a Halt
Quinn Yeargain
,
July 18, 2022
A Vermont Prosecutor Expanded Restorative Justice. Now She’s Defending It At the Polls.
Piper French
,
July 14, 2022
Your Guide to Local Elections Where Abortion Is on the Line This Year
Daniel Nichanian
,
July 13, 2022
In California Cities, a New Frontier for Public Financing of Elections
Spenser Mestel
,
July 12, 2022
New York’s Chief Judge Resigns, Breaking Up High Court’s Right-Leaning Majority
Sam Mellins
,
July 11, 2022
Prosecutor Pressure Stalls Automatic Expunctions in North Carolina
Jeffrey Billman
,
July 8, 2022
With Abortion Bans, a Bewildering New Reality for Courts and Law Enforcement
Chris Geidner
,
July 7, 2022
“In Spite of This Place”
Michael Barajas
,
July 6, 2022
Chicago Police Union Fails to Oust the Lawmakers It Targeted
Grace Del Vecchio
,
June 30, 2022
What All State Constitutions Say About Abortion, and Why It Matters
Quinn Yeargain
,
June 27, 2022
Election Deniers Are Running to Take Over Colorado Election Offices
Camille Squires
,
June 23, 2022
“Warrior Mindset” Persists Among Minneapolis Police After Training Reforms, Report Says
Caleb Brennan
,
June 20, 2022
D.C. Residents Are Voting from Prison This Week
Kira Lerner
,
June 17, 2022
“They Force You to Work”
Michael Barajas
,
June 16, 2022
Oakland’s Sheriff Is Ousted After a Long Tenure Leading Deadly Jail
Piper French
,
June 14, 2022
Utah Prosecutor Tests GOP Appetite for Opposing the Death Penalty
Lauren Gill
,
June 13, 2022
“The Truth Was On My Side”: Election Official Beats Back Fraud Conspiracies
Daniel Nichanian
,
June 9, 2022
Maine Prosecutor Election Unfolds Under the Shadow of State’s War on Drugs
Eoin Higgins
,
June 8, 2022
San Francisco Ousts a Prominent Criminal Justice Reformer
Piper French
,
June 8, 2022
Reformers Score a Prosecutor Win in Iowa
Daniel Nichanian
,
June 8, 2022
South Dakotans Refuse to Weaken Ballot Initiatives, Keeping Hopes Alive for Medicaid Expansion
Daniel Nichanian
,
June 7, 2022
Your Local Guide to Criminal Justice in California Primaries
Bolts Staff
,
June 6, 2022
California Prosecutions for Pregnancy Loss Spark Outrage, and a Bill to Stop Future Investigations
Jessica Pishko
,
June 3, 2022
Meet the Other Two Northern California DAs Facing Law Enforcement Blowback
Piper French
,
June 1, 2022
San Diego Race Will Decide New Leadership For California’s Deadliest Jail System
Kelly Davis
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May 31, 2022
“Fool Me Once”: Scandals and Abuses Fuel Unease Toward ‘Reform’ Talk in Los Angeles Sheriff Race
Piper French
,
May 30, 2022
“A Systematic Assault”: GOP Rushes to Change Election Rules to Block Medicaid in South Dakota
Quinn Yeargain
,
May 27, 2022
Abortion Prosecutions May Hang in the Balance in Maricopa County Election
Meg O'Connor
,
May 25, 2022
‘Your Friendly Neighborhood Prosecutor’: Portland DA Seeks to Revive Broken Windows-Era Program
Alex Zielinski
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May 25, 2022
Conservative Loses Bid to Oust Arkansas Supreme Court Justice
Daniel Nichanian
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May 24, 2022
Ducking Racism Scandal, Orange County DA Turns to Dog Whistles
Piper French
,
May 20, 2022
The Culture Warrior Prosecutor
Michael Barajas
,
May 18, 2022
Status Quo Prevails in North Carolina’s Criminal Justice Elections
Daniel Nichanian
,
May 16, 2022
North Carolina Drivers Still Face “Debt Traps” Despite Some Local Reforms
Roshan Abraham
,
May 14, 2022
Conspiracies Swirl in Idaho Primary for Chief Election Official
Spenser Mestel
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May 12, 2022
New York Bans Most Prison Care Packages from Family and Friends
Emily Brown
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Rebecca McCray
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May 11, 2022
Your State-by-State Guide to the 2022 Supreme Court Elections
Daniel Nichanian
,
May 10, 2022
Chances for Parole Go from Bad to Worse Under Virginia’s New GOP Leadership
Isabela Dias
,
May 5, 2022
A Future for Susanville
Piper French
,
May 4, 2022
Indiana Lawmakers Who Introduced Full Abortion Ban Lose GOP Primaries
Daniel Nichanian
,
May 3, 2022
What Will Your Local Prosecutor Do After Roe Falls?
Daniel Nichanian
,
April 29, 2022
Deaths and Neglect Behind Bars Magnify Oakland’s Sheriff Race
Piper French
,
April 27, 2022
Activists Monitor the Revival of New York’s Notorious Plainclothes Police Squads
Tana Ganeva
,
April 25, 2022
Voting Rights Stop at the Workplace Doors
Luis Feliz Leon
,
April 21, 2022
In French Presidential Election, Thousands More Vote from Prison
Cole Stangler
,
April 20, 2022
Portland Plays the Bogeyman in Neighboring DA Race
Alex Zielinski
,
April 19, 2022
Trump-Aligned Sheriffs Target Election Officials
Jessica Pishko
,
April 15, 2022
Sentencing Reform Divides Charlotte DA Race
Lauren Gill
,
April 14, 2022
Prison Officials Routinely Deny Hearings to Terminally Ill New Yorkers
Victoria Law
,
April 13, 2022
The Unwritten Senate Rule Blocking New Jersey Governor’s Nominees
Nikita Biryukov
,
April 11, 2022
Texas Conservatives Want Private Cops to Police Elections
Michael Barajas
,
April 9, 2022
How New York Just Rolled Back Criminal Justice Reforms
Chris Gelardi
,
April 6, 2022
The Movement to Decarcerate Los Angeles Targets Judicial Elections
Piper French
,
April 6, 2022
Wisconsin Voters Oust a Fake Trump Elector
Daniel Nichanian
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April 4, 2022
Fake Trump Elector Is Running in Wisconsin This Week, Alongside Other Big Lie Supporters
Daniel Nichanian
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April 1, 2022
Louisiana Court Officials Resist Reforms to End the Predatory Fines and Fees that Fund Their Offices
Kalena Thomhave
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March 31, 2022
New Right-Wing Conspiracies Threaten to Further Starve Local Election Systems
Spenser Mestel
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March 29, 2022
California’s Midterms Bring Plenty of Forks in the Road for Criminal Justice Reforms
Daniel Nichanian
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March 28, 2022
“Designed to End Protesting”: Louisiana Supreme Court Makes Protesters Guilty by Association
Daniel Nichanian
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March 24, 2022
Supreme Court Elections May Re-Open Gerrymandering Floodgates in Two Key States
Billy Corriher
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March 22, 2022
Despite Federal Gains, Public Defenders Largely Missing from State Supreme Courts
Rachel M. Cohen
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March 21, 2022
“Dystopian” Loophole for Georgia Judicial Elections Gives Brian Kemp the Last Laugh
Daniel Nichanian
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March 17, 2022
Waiting for a Second Look
Will Lennon
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March 16, 2022
Florida Creates a New Police Force to Investigate Elections
Kay-Ann Henry
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March 14, 2022
“The Goal Was to Scare People, but It Could Boomerang.”
Daniel Nichanian
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March 11, 2022
Public Defenders Shake Up Key Prosecutor Races from Arkansas to Oregon
Daniel Nichanian
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March 10, 2022
Slouching Toward the Big Lie in Ohio
Jeremy Borden
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March 9, 2022
Supreme Court Signals It May Empower Legislatures to Subvert Elections
Cristian Farias
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March 8, 2022
Boston Progressives Fear Rollback of Reforms After DA’s Early Exit
Eoin Higgins
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March 7, 2022
Decarcerating from the Bench
Michael Barajas
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March 4, 2022
Abolitionist Organizer Wants to Fill Los Angeles Power Vacuum
Piper French
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March 2, 2022
Big Wins for Big Lie Politics in Texas’s Republican Primaries
Daniel Nichanian
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March 2, 2022
Greg Casar Wins Congressional Primary, Defying Attacks on Criminal Justice Reforms He Championed in Austin
Michael Barajas
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February 28, 2022
Boston Emerges As a New Frontier For Noncitizen Voting in Local Elections
Rachel M. Cohen
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February 25, 2022
Judicial Elections Test Profound “Cultural Shift” in Houston
Maura Ewing
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February 24, 2022
Eric Adams’s Gun Violence Plan Looks a Lot Like Bill de Blasio’s
Chris Gelardi
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February 23, 2022
The DA Elections That Will Shape Prosecution in Texas This Year
Michael Barajas
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Daniel Nichanian
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February 22, 2022
Meet the Local Judge Mitch McConnell’s PAC Wants to Unseat
Billy Corriher
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February 18, 2022
Voting Rights Package Derails in New Mexico
Daniel Nichanian
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February 17, 2022
“Stop the Steal” Activists Target a Texas Judge
Michael Barajas
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February 16, 2022
New Pardon Board Official Wants to Expand Clemency in Pennsylvania, Where Thousands Are Sentenced to Die in Prison
Daniel Nichanian
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February 15, 2022
Oregon Stalls Effort to Allow Voting from Prison
Alex Zielinski
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February 14, 2022
DA Candidate Vows to End Death Sentences In Las Vegas, a Capital Punishment Stronghold
Sam Mellins
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February 11, 2022
A New Mayor Makes Boston the Latest Test Case on Confronting Police Violence
Eoin Higgins
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February 10, 2022
Longstanding Grievances Between Prosecutor and Public Defender Boil Over in California DA Race
Piper French
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February 9, 2022
Voting Rights Advocates Search for Openings to “Go Local” in Texas
Michael Barajas
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February 9, 2022
Vacancies and Zombie Commissioners Leave Opening for Parole Reform in New York
Nick Pinto
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February 8, 2022
In 2022, Intense Clashes Between Criminal Justice Reformers and Tough-On-Crime Foes
Daniel Nichanian
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February 8, 2022
Trump’s Big Lie Forces Attention on the Labyrinth of Local Election Offices
Quinn Yeargain
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June 30, 2021
To End Solitary Confinement, Advocates Turn Up the Pressure on Sheriffs
Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg
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June 30, 2021
How Sheriffs Are Extracting Wealth from People in Jail
Katie Jane Fernelius
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June 21, 2021
How the Manhattan DA Election May Rock the City’s Criminal Justice Status-Quo
June 17, 2021
On NYPD Oversight, Manhattan’s D.A. Candidates Are Split
Sam Mellins
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June 16, 2021
How Alvin Bragg Rejects Bill Bratton and Broken Windows Policing
Daniel Nichanian
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June 11, 2021
Syracuse School Board Elections Heat Up Over Police Debate
Rachel M. Cohen
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June 10, 2021
Norfolk Elects Prosecutor Who Says Crime Is a “Symptom of Structural Racism”
Daniel Nichanian
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June 7, 2021
Cuomo’s Nominee to New York’s Highest Court Alarms Criminal Justice Reformers
Kyle C. Barry
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May 20, 2021
Wins for Larry Krasner and New Allies Signal Reformers’ Growing Reach
Daniel Nichanian
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May 18, 2021
Your Guide to Criminal Justice in Pennsylvania’s Elections Today
Daniel Nichanian
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May 18, 2021
Pittsburgh Voters May Ban Solitary Confinement in Jail Today
Ahmari Anthony
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May 17, 2021
The Battle for D.A. Is Testing Philadelphia’s Commitment to Reform
Maura Ewing
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May 17, 2021
Philadelphia D.A. Candidates Debate ICE Cooperation Ahead of Election Day
Will Lennon
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May 13, 2021
A Pittsburgh Judge Wants to Use the Bench To Fight Evictions and Mass Incarceration
Joshua Vaughn
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May 7, 2021
Nevada Prosecutors Are Standing in the Way of Abolishing the Death Penalty
Daniel Nichanian
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May 6, 2021
Philly’s Judge Elections This Month Have the Power To Change the City
Maura Ewing
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April 29, 2021
How Pittsburgh Activists Are Seizing a Rare Chance To Reshape Courts
Sam Mellins
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April 28, 2021
Some Manhattan D.A. Candidates Draw A Line Against Life in Prison Sentences
Sam Mellins
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April 26, 2021
San Antonio Election Will Test Police Union Power This Saturday
James Russell
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April 21, 2021
In Nation’s Incarceration Capital, a New D.A. Is Freeing People From Prison
Katie Jane Fernelius
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April 19, 2021
This Public Defender Has Fought the Manhattan D.A.’s Office. Now She Wants To Lead It.
Daniel Nichanian
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April 13, 2021
Maryland Bans Sentencing Children to Life Without Parole
Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg
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April 12, 2021
Philadelphia D.A. Race Could Ramp Up the War on Drugs
Maura Ewing
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April 9, 2021
Oregon’s Tough-on-Crime D.A. Association Faces a Reckoning
Piper French
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April 8, 2021
She Lost Her Right to Vote Over A Felony. Now This Lawmaker Has Helped Enfranchise Thousands.
Daniel Nichanian
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April 5, 2021
This Anti-Violence Strategy May Be Coming to St. Louis, but Activists See Red Flags
Meg O'Connor
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March 30, 2021
This Election Could Transform Policing in Omaha
Anoa Changa
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March 26, 2021
The Next Virginia Governor Could Wipe Out New Voting Rights Gains
Daniel Nichanian
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March 25, 2021
Why ICE Cooperation Is Dangerous Even with Biden in the White House
Felipe De La Hoz
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March 24, 2021
Virginia Becomes the First Southern State to Abolish the Death Penalty
Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg
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March 19, 2021
Utah’s Hard-Won Bail Reforms Are in Jeopardy
Rachel M. Cohen
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March 17, 2021
Landmark Rulings Show ‘Untapped Potential’ of State Courts To Advance Civil Rights
Daniel Nichanian
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March 11, 2021
‘Life Sentences Are Death Sentences.’ How This D.A. Candidate Wants to Decarcerate Manhattan
Daniel Nichanian
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March 8, 2021
Philadelphia D.A. Race Tests Larry Krasner’s Sweeping Probation Reforms
Maura Ewing
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March 4, 2021
In Manhattan D.A. Race, Momentum Builds to Decriminalize Sex Work
Sam Mellins
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March 2, 2021
The Fight for People in Prison to Vote Reaches Congress
Jerry Iannelli
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February 26, 2021
Policing and Public Safety at Odds in St. Louis Mayoral Race
Meg O'Connor
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February 25, 2021
Prosecutors Excluded Black Jurors in a Death Penalty Case. They’re Getting Away With It.
Kyle C. Barry
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February 23, 2021
Illinois Delays End of Prison Gerrymandering By a Decade
Daniel Nichanian
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February 17, 2021
California Bill That Promotes Alternatives to Policing Is Back Despite Governor’s Veto
Piper French
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February 16, 2021
Los Angeles D.A. George Gascón Leaves California’s Powerful D.A. Association
Jerry Iannelli
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February 12, 2021
New Massachusetts Law Paves the Way for Police-Free Schools
Rachel M. Cohen
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February 5, 2021
Manhattan D.A. Candidate Explains Why She’ll Stop Prosecuting Drug Offenses And Sex Work
Daniel Nichanian
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February 4, 2021
BLM Activist Shakes Up Sheriff Race in County Known for Deadly Jails
Raina Lipsitz
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February 2, 2021
State Lawmakers Are Pushing New Bills To Reduce Reliance On Police
Meg O'Connor
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February 2, 2021
Will Manhattan’s Next D.A. Break Ranks With Tough-on-Crime Colleagues?
Sam Mellins
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February 1, 2021
Let Civilians Run for Sheriff Again, New California Bill Proposes
Katie Jane Fernelius
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January 28, 2021
Seattle Cut Its Police Budget. Now the Public Will Decide How To Spend the Money.
Manjeet Kaur
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January 25, 2021
Oregon Bill Would Enable People to Vote from Prison
Kira Lerner
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January 19, 2021
In 2021, Don’t Sleep on Criminal Justice Elections
Daniel Nichanian
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January 13, 2021
Ohio Will No Longer Sentence Kids to Life Without Parole
Daniel Nichanian
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January 11, 2021
New D.A. Commits to Fixing Georgia’s ‘Backdoor to Incarceration’
Katie Jane Fernelius
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January 5, 2021
New York Ends a Punishment That Traps People in Poverty
Jonathan Ben-Menachem
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January 4, 2021
Newly Elected Michigan Prosecutor Will Stop Seeking Cash Bail
Rachel M. Cohen
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December 21, 2020
How Public Defenders Rocked Las Vegas Judge Elections
Sam Mellins
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December 18, 2020
How States Transformed Criminal Justice in 2020, and How They Fell Short
Daniel Nichanian
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December 17, 2020
The Election That Could Thwart New York City’s War On Drugs
Sam Mellins
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December 15, 2020
How Ohio’s Racial Justice Movement Won Big at the Ballot Box
Anoa Changa
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December 10, 2020
How Immigrant Communities Beat Back ICE and Helped Flip Georgia
Sonam Vashi
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December 9, 2020
Newly Elected Prosecutors Are Challenging the Death Penalty
Daniel Nichanian
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December 4, 2020
As Trump Departs, Some Democrats May Seek Cover to Maintain Ties with ICE
Daniel Nichanian
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November 23, 2020
A D.A. Runoff Will Decide New Orleans’ Criminal Justice Future
Katie Jane Fernelius
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November 19, 2020
The Major Blindspot Undermining Sanctuary Cities and Helping ICE
Will Lennon
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November 12, 2020
ICE Suffered Blows in the South in Last Week’s Elections
Daniel Nichanian
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November 12, 2020
Prosecutor and Sheriff Elections in 2021: A Masterlist and Calendar
Daniel Nichanian
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November 5, 2020
How Criminal Justice Reform Fared at the Ballot Box on Tuesday
Daniel Nichanian
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Anna Simonton
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November 4, 2020
Two New Orleans Public Defenders Elected Judge in a Push to “Flip the Bench”
Katie Jane Fernelius
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November 4, 2020
Four States Just Legalized Marijuana
Kaila Philo
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November 3, 2020
Californians Approve an Initiative to Expand Voting Rights
Kira Lerner
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November 3, 2020
Oregon Becomes the First State to Decriminalize Drugs
Zachary A. Siegel
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November 3, 2020
Austin and Orlando Elect Prosecutors Who Vow to Fight Mass Incarceration
Daniel Nichanian
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October 30, 2020
This School Board Election Could Ramp Up Resegregation in North Carolina
Courtney Napier
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October 28, 2020
How an Education Crisis Is Spurring a Seismic Shift in Arizona Politics
Jennifer C. Berkshire
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October 27, 2020
When Electricity Shutoffs in a Pandemic Become an Election Issue
Timothy Pratt
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October 23, 2020
School Board Elections Are Confronting the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Rachel M. Cohen
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October 22, 2020
Civil Rights Loom Large in North Carolina’s Supreme Court Elections
Kyle C. Barry
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October 21, 2020
California Could End Cash Bail. But is This Alternative Any Better?
Lauren Lee White
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October 19, 2020
Your Guide to 30 Sheriff and Prosecutor Elections That Could Challenge Mass Incarceration
Daniel Nichanian
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October 16, 2020
New Orleans Public Defenders Are Mobilizing to “Flip the Bench”
Katie Jane Fernelius
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October 15, 2020
Will Texas Democrats’ Gains Topple a Trumpian Sheriff?
Teresa Mathew
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October 13, 2020
Four States Could Legalize Marijuana Next Month
Kaila Philo
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October 9, 2020
Governor Newsom Adds Another Prosecutor to the California Supreme Court
Kyle C. Barry
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October 9, 2020
These Twelve Elections Could Curb ICE’s Powers
Daniel Nichanian
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October 8, 2020
How New Orleans Activists Are Pushing D.A. Candidates to End Mass Incarceration
Katie Jane Fernelius
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October 7, 2020
The D.A. Primary in Los Angeles Narrowly Went to a Runoff. Now That the Election Is Here, the Stakes Are Even Higher
Eliyahu Kamisher
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October 2, 2020
The Sheriff Candidate Who Is Challenging “The Poster Child for the Trump Administration”
Daniel Nichanian
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October 1, 2020
A Police Union Official Hopes Fear Of The Defund Movement Will Propel Him To The Texas House
Meg O'Connor
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September 30, 2020
California Adopts New Laws to Fight Racism in Jury Selection
Kyle C. Barry
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September 25, 2020
In Colorado’s D.A. Races, Disagreements Abound on Criminal Justice Reform
Daniel Nichanian
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September 22, 2020
How One Election Might Strike a Blow to Mass Incarceration in Arizona
Meg O'Connor
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September 17, 2020
Joe Arpaio’s Longtime Deputy Could Become the Next Sheriff of Maricopa County
Jerry Iannelli
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September 15, 2020
A New Association of Progressive D.A.s Could Overhaul California’s Reform Movement
Jay Willis
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September 15, 2020
Cincinnati Is an Epicenter for the Death Penalty. Its Prosecutor Race Could End That in November.
Rachel M. Cohen
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September 14, 2020
Charleston Prosecutor Candidate Wants to “Shut Off the Mass Incarceration Mindset”
Daniel Nichanian
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September 9, 2020
Why a Suburban Illinois Prosecutor Candidate Is Drawing Inspiration From Protests
Daniel Nichanian
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September 4, 2020
Georgia Sheriff Elections Could Limit ICE’s Reach
Timothy Pratt
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September 1, 2020
Oregon Could Become the First State to Decriminalize Drugs in November
Zachary A. Siegel
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August 28, 2020
In Massachusetts, the Democratic Party Shifts Toward Supporting Voting Rights for All
Daniel Nichanian
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August 25, 2020
Policing And Ties With ICE On The Menu In Norfolk County’s Sheriff Race
Daniel Nichanian
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August 20, 2020
Eviction Crisis Brings Urgency to Local Judge Elections
Katie Jane Fernelius
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August 19, 2020
Progressive Candidate Wins Orlando’s Primary for Prosecutor, and Four Other Florida Takeaways
Daniel Nichanian
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August 18, 2020
“Making Powerful People Feel Uncomfortable Is A Good Thing”: Enter Vermont’s High Bailiffs
Daniel Nichanian
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August 11, 2020
Broward County Will Elect Its First New Prosecutor in 44 Years. Will the Office Veer Left?
Jerry Iannelli
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August 11, 2020
Wisconsin is Voting For Its D.A.s, But Democracy Is Not On The Ballot
Daniel Nichanian
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August 10, 2020
Sheriffs Have A Lot Of Power Over Whether Hundreds Of Thousands Of People Can Vote
Kira Lerner
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August 7, 2020
Orlando Prosecutor Race Plays Out In The Shadow Of Florida’s Retaliation Against Reform
Samantha Schuyler
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August 5, 2020
Progressives Score New Wins in Prosecutor Elections, Adding to the Movement’s Breadth
Daniel Nichanian
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August 5, 2020
Iowa Governor Expands Voting Rights
Kira Lerner
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August 3, 2020
Nine Elections This Week Could Upend Criminal Justice Nationwide
Daniel Nichanian
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July 30, 2020
Pima County Candidates Battle Over Whether the Prosecutor’s Office Needs an Outsider to Achieve Reform
Meg O'Connor
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July 28, 2020
Eleven Prosecutors Form a Progressive Alliance in Virginia
Daniel Nichanian
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July 24, 2020
Honolulu’s Prosecutor Race Could Flip Hawaii’s Punitive Culture
Daniel Nichanian
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July 23, 2020
St. Louis Prosecutor Faces Voters, After Years of Sustained Fire from Police Union
Rachel M. Cohen
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July 22, 2020
In Detroit Prosecutor Race, a Stark Contrast on Whether Children Should Serve Life in Prison
Kira Lerner
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July 17, 2020
Jamaal Bowman Wants Democrats to Be the “Party of Dismantling Mass Incarceration”
Daniel Nichanian
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July 16, 2020
Missouri Voters Could Expand Medicaid and Curb the Overdose Crisis
Zachary A. Siegel
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July 15, 2020
In Austin Prosecutor Races, Wins for the Left and a Milestone for Drug Decriminalization
Daniel Nichanian
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July 10, 2020
A Texas Referendum Provides an Early Window Into Battles Over Police Budgets
James Russell
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July 9, 2020
Democrats Running for Prosecutor Want to Break With Maricopa County’s Punitive Past
Meg O'Connor
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July 8, 2020
D.C. Is Poised To Abolish Felony Disenfranchisement
Kira Lerner
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July 1, 2020
Oklahoma and Oregon Deliver Two Measures Of Relief For People Facing Poverty
Daniel Nichanian
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June 30, 2020
Austin D.A. Candidate Wants to Stop Sweeping Issues Under the Rug of Criminal Justice
Daniel Nichanian
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June 25, 2020
Washington Sheriff Faces Recall Efforts for Endangering Public Health
Jessica Pishko
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June 18, 2020
How Black Lives Matter is Shaping New York’s D.A. Elections: “Police and D.A.s Work Hand in Hand”
Daniel Nichanian
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June 17, 2020
States Expect People to Risk Their Health Even When Voting by Mail, Advocates Warn
Kira Lerner
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June 15, 2020
A Pro-ICE Bastion Ends Its Partnership With the Agency in Virginia
Felipe De La Hoz
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June 12, 2020
Georgia Sheriff Who Cooperated with ICE Loses Re-Election Bid
Daniel Nichanian
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June 9, 2020
When Sheriffs Choose to Help ICE
Jessica Pishko
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June 4, 2020
How Unequal Perceptions of Protest and Violence Shape Black Lives Matter
Daniel Nichanian
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June 1, 2020
New York Senator Makes the Case for Defunding the NYPD
Daniel Nichanian
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May 28, 2020
COVID-19 Stalls Efforts to Help People with Felony Convictions Register to Vote
Stephanie Wykstra
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May 26, 2020
How ICE is Using Private Contractors to Dodge Local Democracy
Felipe De La Hoz
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May 20, 2020
Progressive Winner in Portland D.A. Race Expects ‘Shock Waves’ in Oregon’s Punitive System
Daniel Nichanian
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May 19, 2020
Washington Governor Vetoes Bill That Would Have Automatically Cleared Criminal Records
Rachel M. Cohen
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May 15, 2020
“There’s an Appetite for Change” in Rural Counties, Says New Mexico D.A. Candidate
Daniel Nichanian
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May 15, 2020
New Mexico D.A.s United to Torpedo Reforms. The 2020 Elections Could Breach That Unanimity.
Daniel Nichanian
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May 15, 2020
Santa Fe’s D.A. Candidates Want to Wind Down the War on Drugs
Daniel Nichanian
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May 13, 2020
Brian Kemp’s Sham Democracy in Georgia
Jay Willis
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May 7, 2020
Oregon’s D.A. Elections Mock Democracy, Again
Daniel Nichanian
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April 30, 2020
A Powerful D.A. Fought New York’s Reforms. His Challenger Wants to Push Them Further.
Daniel Nichanian
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April 29, 2020
Cincinnati Voters Oust Sheriff Who Cooperated with ICE and Championed a New Jail
Daniel Nichanian
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April 23, 2020
Virginia Ends Prison Gerrymandering, the Latest Chapter in a Recent Tidal Wave
Daniel Nichanian
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April 23, 2020
A New Supreme Court Justice Could Swing Criminal Justice Decisions in Washington
Kyle C. Barry
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April 22, 2020
Cities Roll Out Rent Assistance. Advocates Demand Bigger and Bolder Help.
Sophie Kasakove
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April 17, 2020
Algorithms of Inequality
Pria Anand
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April 17, 2020
Virginia Takes a Big Step Against Criminalizing Poverty
Daniel Nichanian
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April 16, 2020
Virginia Makes It Easier to Vote by Mail
Daniel Nichanian
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April 14, 2020
In Wisconsin, Liberal Challenger Wins Despite Voting Restrictions and Tough-on-Crime Playbook
Kyle C. Barry
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April 9, 2020
“Unconscionable”: New York Senator Denounces State’s Medicaid Cuts and Criminal Justice Reform Rollbacks
Daniel Nichanian
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April 2, 2020
“It Is Public Safety to Get People Out of Incarceration”: Q&A with Portland D.A. Candidate
Daniel Nichanian
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April 2, 2020
Tuesday’s Supreme Court Race Is the Latest Chapter in Wisconsin’s Heated Power Struggle
Kyle C. Barry
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March 25, 2020
Some Supreme Courts Are Helping Shrink Jails to Stop Outbreaks. Others Are Lagging Behind.
Kyle C. Barry
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March 24, 2020
“Time Is of the Essence”: How States Can Shore Up Mail Voting
Daniel Nichanian
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March 23, 2020
Colorado Abolishes the Death Penalty and Ends Prison Gerrymandering
Daniel Nichanian
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March 17, 2020
Kim Foxx Defeats Three Challengers in Re-Election Bid as Chicago’s Chief Prosecutor
Mari Cohen
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March 12, 2020
This Tense Sheriff’s Race Could Change Cincinnati’s Poor Jail Conditions
Teresa Mathew
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March 12, 2020
Courts Set Policy and an Illinois Candidate Wants to Finally Talk About It
Kyle C. Barry
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March 6, 2020
For Decarceration, Election Results Bring One Big Win and Some Prolonged Suspense
Daniel Nichanian
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February 28, 2020
Progressives See Super Tuesday as a Chance to Transform Los Angeles
Daniel Nichanian
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February 24, 2020
Virginia Makes All Children Eligible for Parole, a Major Shift for This Punitive State
Daniel Nichanian
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February 14, 2020
D.A. Associations Should Own Up to the Splintering Politics of Prosecution
Daniel Nichanian
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February 13, 2020
Austin Prosecutor Candidate Wants to Cut His Budget and Avoid Jailing Anyone
Daniel Nichanian
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January 30, 2020
Blockbuster D.A. Races Rock Big Texas Counties, from Austin to Houston
Daniel Nichanian
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January 30, 2020
Chesa Boudin’s New Bail Policy is Nation’s Most Progressive. It Also Reveals Persistence of Tough-on-Crime Norms.
Colin Doyle
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January 24, 2020
When a Sheriff’s Jail Is Emptied
Jessica Pishko
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January 23, 2020
California Prosecutor Quits D.A. Association: “Let’s Accept Responsibility for The Mistakes We’ve Made”
Daniel Nichanian
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January 21, 2020
When New Jersey Next Redistricts, It Will Count Incarcerated People Where They Lived
Daniel Nichanian
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January 16, 2020
Where Are the (Reform) Candidates in Ohio?
Daniel Nichanian
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January 16, 2020
How Rachel Rossi Would Change the D.A.’s Role in Los Angeles: “It Takes a Public Defender”
Daniel Nichanian
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January 9, 2020
How George Gascón Wants to Reform Los Angeles and Achieve “the Lowest Level of Intervention”
Daniel Nichanian
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January 9, 2020
In Maryland, an Abrupt Change in Leadership Could Boost Sentencing and Parole Reform
Daniel Nichanian
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December 20, 2019
From Marijuana to the Death Penalty, States Led the Way in 2019
Daniel Nichanian
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December 18, 2019
One Week’s Work: New Jersey and Kentucky Restore Voting Rights to More than 200,000
Daniel Nichanian
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December 12, 2019
The Prosecutorial Chronicles, Dec. 2019 edition: A Tale of Political Contrasts
Daniel Nichanian
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December 12, 2019
As Illinois Votes for Its Prosecutors, Defense Attorneys Say to Not “Just Go with the Flow”
Daniel Nichanian
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December 5, 2019
In 2020, Look at Sheriffs and Prosecutors Too
Daniel Nichanian
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November 27, 2019
Prosecutor and Sheriff Elections in 2020: A Masterlist and Calendar
Daniel Nichanian
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November 22, 2019
When People in Prison Can Vote, Officials “Treat Them With Some Respect”
Daniel Nichanian
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November 14, 2019
As Michigan Raises the Age, Advocates Vow to Press for More Change
Daniel Nichanian
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November 14, 2019
“This Is Where the Real Work Begins”: What Chesa Boudin’s Win Means for San Francisco
Daniel Nichanian
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November 7, 2019
Voters Beyond Big Cities Rejected Mass Incarceration in Tuesday’s Elections
Daniel Nichanian
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October 31, 2019
Your Guide to the 2019 Elections, in Six Questions
Daniel Nichanian
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October 24, 2019
“How Are You Keeping My Community Safe If You’re Stealing My Resources?”
Daniel Nichanian
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October 24, 2019
D.A.s Increasingly Treat Overdoses as Homicides. Will November Reel That In?
Daniel Nichanian
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October 17, 2019
Louisiana Sheriffs Have a Great Election Night
Daniel Nichanian
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October 17, 2019
Reform Candidates Face Pushback in Virginia
Daniel Nichanian
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October 10, 2019
New York Adopted Pretrial Reforms. Its DA Races Will Decide Who Implements Them.
Daniel Nichanian
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October 4, 2019
A Public Defender, Running for D.A. in Pittsburgh, Wants to Join Forces with Philly’s Larry Krasner
Daniel Nichanian
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October 4, 2019
New Jersey Attorney General Bans ICE’s 287(g) Program
Daniel Nichanian
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October 4, 2019
New Jersey’s 2019 Elections for Sheriff: A Masterlist
September 26, 2019
Elections Could Expand Voting Rights This Fall. They Will Take Place in an “Intolerable Condition.”
Daniel Nichanian
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September 26, 2019
How Sheriffs’ Power and Autonomy Make Them Central Players for Policing Reform
Jessica Pishko
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September 18, 2019
Prosecutors Roll Out Reforms in Four States
Daniel Nichanian
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September 18, 2019
In Louisiana, Sheriff Elections Will Shape ICE’s Reach
Daniel Nichanian
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September 18, 2019
California Legislature Adopts a Flurry of Criminal Justice Reforms
Daniel Nichanian
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September 12, 2019
Federal Judge Rebukes Houston DA for Using the Willie Horton Strategy
Daniel Nichanian
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September 6, 2019
“We Won’t Have People Stacked on Top of One Another in Prisons, in Cages”
Daniel Nichanian
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September 5, 2019
Illinois Bans ICE Program. But This Reform Is Not Yet Taking Off Elsewhere.
Daniel Nichanian
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August 29, 2019
In Mississippi, Candidates for Governor Split on Expanding Medicaid
Daniel Nichanian
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August 28, 2019
Longtime Public Defender Runs for Prosecutor to Fight “Family Separation”
Daniel Nichanian
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August 21, 2019
Governor’s Race Could Decide If Louisiana’s Prison Population Continues to Shrink
Daniel Nichanian
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August 14, 2019
Prosecutor Sends Staff to Prison, in a Bid to Counter Their Reflex to Incarcerate
Daniel Nichanian
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August 8, 2019
Two Candidates Run on Reform and Prevail in Mississippi DA Elections
Daniel Nichanian
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August 7, 2019
With New Law, Oregon Joins Wave of States Restricting or Halting the Death Penalty
Daniel Nichanian
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July 25, 2019
Oregon Overhauls Its Youth Justice System
Daniel Nichanian
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July 18, 2019
Hawaii Governor Sinks Criminal Justice Reforms, Allows Pot Decriminalization
Daniel Nichanian
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July 18, 2019
Will November Bring a “Wave” of Reform Prosecutors in Virginia?
Daniel Nichanian
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July 17, 2019
Virginia's 2019 Elections for Prosecutor and Sheriff: A Masterlist
Daniel Nichanian
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July 11, 2019
How Jody Owens Would Reform Mississippi’s “Truly Broken” Legal System
Daniel Nichanian
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July 11, 2019
Prince William County Is at a Crossroads, As Powerful Local Officials Retire
Daniel Nichanian
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July 10, 2019
Mike May, Running for Prosecutor in Prince William County, Lays Out His Positions
Daniel Nichanian
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July 2, 2019
Clock is Ticking to Fix Prison Gerrymandering
Daniel Nichanian
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July 2, 2019
Tiffany Cabán’s Success in Queens Shines Spotlight on Grassroots Organizing
Daniel Nichanian
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June 20, 2019
Alabama Bars Sheriffs from Pocketing Food Funds
Daniel Nichanian
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June 19, 2019
The Queens D.A. Race Shakes Up New York's Legal System: "This is Just the Beginning"
Daniel Nichanian
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June 13, 2019
Colorado Governor Opposed Banning ICE Contracts. But They May Already Violate State Law.
Daniel Nichanian
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June 12, 2019
In Key Virginia Primaries, Winners Ran on Ending Mass Incarceration
Daniel Nichanian
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June 6, 2019
Tuesday's Elections Could Overhaul Prosecution in Northern Virginia
Daniel Nichanian
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June 6, 2019
Legalized Pot, Reduced Sentences: Three States Reform Their Drug Laws
Daniel Nichanian
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May 31, 2019
A Double Blow to Disenfranchisement
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