For too long, this country’s criminal legal system has perpetuated violence, brutality, and murder, with Black people bearing the brunt. While methods may change, the underlying outcomes remain the ...

The United States is an outlier among developed nations when it comes to the ultimate punishment. One state has executed by ...

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When someone’s eyes linger on the mutilated body of Emmett Till, “justice” is the last word anyone would think. Yet, it was ...

Abolitionists will have to play defense at the federal level, and plot a long-term strategy for ending the death penalty in ...

Wade. Marcellus Williams was recently executed despite evidence of his innocence. And the GOP continues to stoke fears of ...

Project 2025—had been unleashed before the terrifying move of Donald Trump into the White House in 2016. Like a lethal virus, components of the authoritarian strategy accelerated during his four years ...

We have been living in “unprecedented times” for 25 years. Kaitlyn Greenidge reflects on what it means to write through a new reality.

The case of 22 year old Daniel Williams made national headlines when he died a year ago after what witnesses described as a ...

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Chord Energy Third Quarter 2024 Earnings Call. [Operator Instructions]. This call is being recorded on Thursday, November 07, 2024. I would now ...

Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff is a reporter on The Washington Post's Local Education team, where he covers higher education and youth culture in D.C., Maryland and Virginia. He has reported for The Post ...