Criminal Justice

Drugs

Biden’s Weed Pardon Won’t Get Anyone Out of Prison—But It’s Still a Huge Deal

10.10.22

By Drew Schwartz
News

A Police Dog Attacked a Black Man After a Traffic Stop. He Lost an Eye.

07.20.22

By Trone Dowd
News

Why Is the US Going Back to Executions by Firing Squad?

04.26.22

By Gabrielle Caplan
News

What It’s Like to Look For a Job After Prison

04.11.22

By Sabra Boyd
The Chilling Murder of a Chinese Student on a US Campus, and Why Justice Is Elusive

10.01.21

By Yangyang Cheng
News

Minneapolis Is Just One Vote Away From Dismantling the Police

08.30.21

By Trone Dowd
News

Here’s a Perfect Example of How the Justice System Screws Over Black People

08.11.21

By Trone Dowd
News

The Gun-Touting McCloskeys Got Pardoned. These Black Men Didn’t.

08.04.21

By Emma Ockerman
News

Faulty Drug Tests Are Finding K2 in Prisoners’ Mail, Lawsuit Alleges

08.02.21

By Emma Ockerman
News

If You Get the COVID Vaccine, You Can Skip Community Service, Judge Says

07.28.21

By Samir Ferdowsi
News

Ed Buck Found Guilty of Giving Meth to Black Men Who Overdosed During ‘Party and Play’ Sessions

07.27.21

By Emma Ockerman
News

Uncle of Teen Who Filmed George Floyd’s Murder Killed by Police in Car Crash

07.07.21

By Paul Blest

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Life

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11.21.24

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Devin Townsend Announces 2025 Tour With Tesseract

Devin Townsend will be touring North America next year in support of his new album, PowerNerd.

11.21.24

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Music

Why Snoop Dogg ‘Chose No Sides’ in the Kendrick Lamar-Drake Beef

Snoop chose not to get involved in the Kendrick Lamar-Drake, beef but does believe that Kendrick’s song “Not Like Us” united “the West.”

11.21.24

By Stephen Andrew Galiher
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Life

‘AI Jesus’ Is Now Taking Confessions at a Church in Switzerland

AI Jesus has logged on.

11.21.24

By Paige Gawley
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Music

Jay-Z’s Team Roc Sues Kansas Police for Corruption and Abuse Records

Team ROC, a social justice organization run by Jay-Z’s Roc Nation, filed a lawsuit against Kansas City police over alleged corruption and abuse.

11.21.24