News & Commentary

By Michael Lyle, Nevada Current

Now it’s up to President Joe Biden to fulfill his pledge to finally close Guantánamo.

A case before the court will determine whether immigrants have access to a bond hearing to justify detention, and whether advocates can use a critical tool to bring them relief.

The situation is dire, but you can take action in your own community to help protect incarcerated people.

Over the years, this sentencing disparity has become emblematic of both the ineffectiveness of reactionary criminal justice policy and the racial disparities existing in our criminal justice system.

Bassinets and snacks don't make the detention of pregnant, postpartum, nursing people, and their newborns any less inhumane.

The public has a right to know whether the FBI is forcing law enforcement agencies to keep information on invasive surveillance technology a secret.

After four years of attacks on human rights under the Trump administration, we need bold action from the Biden administration to advance human rights at home and abroad.

Workers still are routinely denied the temporary job changes they need to have healthy pregnancies — but a bipartisan bill is poised to provide millions of workers with these protections.