How Some States Are Planning to Compensate the Communities Most Devastated by the War on Drugs
Across the country, there's a growing movement for economic empowerment through legalization.
Gang Databases Are a Life Sentence for Black and Latino Communities
Ending up on a gang database if you're brown or black is easy—you only have to be suspected of association. Getting off a gang database? That's much harder.
The Billionaire Funding Victims’ Rights Campaigns Across the Country
Marsy's Law advocates for the rights of the families of murder victims, and the billionaire behind the measure wants it to spread nationwide. But many say the law is unfairly broad.
Will Wells Fargo Really Change Its Culture and Start Serving Black and Brown Homebuyers Fairly?
Wells Fargo is atoning for its fake account scandal by loaning $60 billion to African-American homeowners, but years of reverse redlining lawsuits underscore just how deep the problems at the bank go.
Public Crime Registries Rarely Work, So Why Do They Continue to Grow?
What started as a system to track sex-offenders has turned into a labyrinthine way of keeping surveillance on former convicts.