Instead, Private Prisons Benefited By Ted Hesson, Mica Rosenberg and Kristina Cooke PHILIPSBURG, Pennsylvania, Aug 7 (Reuters)—As a presidential candidate in 2020, Joe Biden pledged to end for-profit immigration detention, saying: “No business should profit…
Solitary confinement is torture. By Rachel Reed People held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, were placed in solitary confinement 14,264 times in the past five years alone—a stunning figure that is likely…
By Heidi Altman For too long, extremist lawmakers and commentators have shaped the immigration debate through misinformation and rhetoric that demonizes people seeking safety and a better life. The result is a punitive, enforcement-oriented approach…
Commentary by Nicolai N. Petro and Ted Snider If diplomacy is to have a chance at settling this bloody conflict, then four persistent myths about the war in Ukraine need to be exposed and refuted….
Commentary by Chris Hedges The prosecution for the U.S., which is seeking to deny Julian Assange’s appeal of an extradition order, begun by the Trump administration and embraced by the Biden administration, grounded its arguments…
Norway reindeer herders’ support for Gaza By Shafi Musaddique Fosen Peninsula, Norway—A herd of reindeer running through thick, white snow sounds a bit like thunder. It is a spectacle that has been replayed for at…
By Meg O’Connor Over the past three years, tens of thousands of people in crisis have been met with behavioral health specialists and social workers instead of police officers. Interactions like these are taking place…
Brought to You by Prison Labor Jamiles Lartey If you’ve shopped at Walmart, Target, Costco, Whole Foods or many other large grocery chains recently, there’s a chance you purchased food produced by prison labor, according…
On freedom from policing By Mariame Kaba We’re in the midst of yet another bipartisan crime panic. Democratic mayors in San Francisco, Chicago, D.C., Atlanta, and New York City are loudly demanding “law and order”…
By Kevin Cooper “It’s not whether you win or lose that counts, but how you play the game that matters.” That’s what my people are often told. But we are not told that this so-called…