In|Justice

From policing and prosecution to prisons and reform, our Criminal Justice section investigates a system that too often punishes the vulnerable and shields the powerful. We report on abuses of power, wrongful convictions, and the movements working to build something better.

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In|Justice Archive

Armed Man Fatally Shot After Breaching Mar-a-Lago Security Perimeter

A man armed with a shotgun and fuel can breached the security perimeter of Mar-a-Lago early Sunday morning.

Fighting Fascism: Grassroots Activism in 4 Battles for Democracy

Grassroots activism is how ordinary people take power back from billionaires. Meet four movements fighting for democracy right now, and…

Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump’s Emergency Tariffs in Landmark 6-3 Ruling

The Supreme Court delivered a historic rebuke to President Donald Trump on Friday, ruling 6-3 that he overstepped his authority…

Successful Police Reform In Camden, New Jersey Provides Blueprint For Country

Police reform success in Camden, New Jersey has shown us that reform isn’t just possible, it’s successful with an 82%…

Federal Judge Orders Trump Admin to Restore Philadelphia Slavery Exhibit, Quoting Orwell’s 1984

A federal judge demands Trump return to the President’s House the 34 panels honoring enslaved people who lived with George…

Systemic Racism Then and Now

Systemic racism isn’t about one person’s prejudice. It’s about the way our institutions were built on racist policies. Learn how…

Inhumane Conditions and Deaths Inside ICE Detention

The inhumane conditions, human rights violations, and deaths inside ICE detention centers are well-documented. We need to deal with this…

Behind Bars: Understanding the alarming increase in incarceration rates in America

The United States has a mass incarceration problem. Our criminal justice system focuses on punishment instead of what actually works…

Kurt Cobain Was Murdered, New Forensic Report Claims

A peer-reviewed forensic analysis is challenging the 30-year-old official ruling on the Nirvana frontman’s death, citing evidence of a forced…

From college swimmer to right-wing grifter: The origin of Riley Gaines and her rise to conservative fame

From the pool to the podium, Riley Gaines joined other conservative “celebrities” who learned that it pays (a LOT) to…

Women lost their reproductive rights. Here are rights they DO have.

Women lost their reproductive rights when Roe v. Wade was overturned. What rights do women still have (for now)?

American Dystopia: After the Constitution

Fiction: a day in an America with no Constitution — the cameras, the silence. And the slow, ordinary way a…