The Biden Administration’s Executive Order on Policing is a Foundation to Build Upon

Two years after the murder of George Floyd, a new executive order on police reform offers a starting place, but does not go far enough.

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What You Need to Know About Cash Bail and Crime Rates

Crime is not a monolithic problem, and jailing people cannot fix it.

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After 35 years, Congress Should Finally End the Sentencing Disparity Between Crack and Powder Cocaine

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.

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Kyle Rittenhouse Didn’t Act Alone: Law Enforcement Must Be Held Accountable

The massive show of force from 40 law enforcement agencies in Kenosha didn’t make anyone safer.

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Our Leaders Have the Power to Decarcerate and Save Lives, But Where is the Will? | American Civil Liberties Union

Reducing jail, prison, and detention center populations is a critical means of fighting the spread of COVID-19.

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Drug Treatment is Infrastructure

States and localities should use this moment to tackle the overdose epidemic.

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50 Years Into the War on Drugs, Biden-Harris can Fix the Harm It Created

The war on drugs has failed, and Americans on the right and left are ready for it to end.

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Bold and Visionary: A Criminal Justice To-Do List for the New Administration

Biden and Harris have a mandate from the electorate to fight against mass incarceration, and it's past time to tackle this crisis.

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When Black Mourners are Threatened with Official Violence

It is time for us to fundamentally rethink the role of policing in American society.

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