How the Myth of the “Addicted” Baby Hurts Newborns and Moms
This article was originally published by The Influence, a news site that covers the full spectrum of human relationships with drugs. Follow The Influence on Facebook or Twitter. Thirty-five-year-old...
View ArticleLoretta Lynch and the Criminalization of Trans People
In a speech last week, US Attorney General Loretta Lynch spoke to the transgender community, saying, “The Department of Justice and the entire Obama Administration wants you to know that we see you; we...
View ArticleOpposing Mass Incarceration Is “Trendy,” but Can We Stop the Train of...
(Image: Lauren Walker / Truthout) If we look back to the 2012 presidential election, the criminal legal system, much less mass incarceration, were not even on the list of issues to be debated. Though...
View ArticleKratom Could Be Criminalized Tomorrow if the DEA Doesn’t Back Down
This article was originally published by The Influence, a news site that covers the full spectrum of human relationships with drugs. Follow The Influence on Facebook or Twitter. On August 30, the DEA...
View ArticleMore Proof the Drug War Is Not Over
In April, former Attorney General Eric Holder told Frontline that the drug war “is over.” Over the last part of his final term, President Obama has echoed that refrain, granting clemency to hundreds of...
View ArticleOn Trans Day of Remembrance, the Personal Gets Political: An Interview With...
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy during the Pride 2014 parade in San Francisco, California. (Photo: Quinn Dombrowski / Wikipedia) Truthout is funded by readers, not by corporations, lobbyists or government...
View ArticleA New Understanding of Loyalty: An Interview With Author Sarah Schulman
Sarah Schulman is on a roll. In the last seven years, she has published six books — two novels, and four nonfiction titles. Each book builds upon the analysis of the others, creating a crescendo...
View ArticleWhy the Senate’s Attack on Backpage Will Backfire
The businessmen who run the classifieds website Backpage.com received a serious verbal lashing from a Senate subcommittee on Tuesday. They were accused of committing a crime that every member of the...
View Article“We Can’t Organize Out of Fear”: Undocumented Organizer Aly Wane on Resisting...
Undocumented organizer Aly Wane speaks at a School of the Americas protest in 2013. (Photo: Stephen Pavey) Since election night 2016, the streets of the US have rung with resistance. People all over...
View ArticleNew Anti-Protesting Legislation: A Deeper Look
Police hold zip ties for restraining peaceful protesters at an Occupy San Francisco rally in San Francisco, California, December 7, 2011. Over the past few years, ALEC has been pushing state-level...
View ArticleAfter Seven Long Years, Freedom: An Interview With Marissa Alexander
Wearing an ankle monitor at all times was one of the many restrictions placed on Marissa Alexander during her two years of home confinement. (Photo: Courtesy of Marissa Alexander) As the clock struck...
View ArticleWhy Trump’s Agency, “VOICE” Should Stand for “Victims of ICE”
The Trump administration has begun publishing its promised weekly “list” of crimes committed by immigrants. These weekly reports are attempts to fulfill the mission of a new agency within the...
View ArticleFighting Criminalization in All Its Forms, Powerful Coalition Builds Toward...
Activists gather around a sign during a May Day march in Chicago, Illinois, May 1, 2012. (Photo: Sarah Ji) Since election night 2016, the streets of the US have rung with resistance. People all over...
View ArticleFacing Up to Our Shadow Side With Compassion
In 1995 my mother went into full blown psychosis as a result of a drastic change in the medication she was taking for schizo-affective disorder. She lured some of our friends and neighbors into our...
View Article“Raise the Age” Bill Sharpens the Damaging Distinction Between People...
New York’s “Raise the Age” legislation fails to challenge aggressive police practices that criminalize youth of color. (Photo: Pixabay) Finally, state actors are being pushed to address the collateral...
View ArticleAwareness of the Criminalization of Survivors Is Increasing — Has It Entered...
US courts are still short on awareness when dealing with domestic violence survivors who defend themselves. (Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Marissa Alexander is now free, but countless other women...
View ArticleMoving the Needle on Black Liberation
The mass incarceration of nearly 1 million Black people is the most widespread destructive effort against Black lives in the US. (Image: DanHenson1 / iStock / Getty Images Plus) Black Lives Matter...
View ArticleNew Legislation Would Soften Foster Care Rules That Tear Extended Families Apart
(Photo: Nadezhda1906 / iStock / Getty Images Plus) This story was made possible by support from readers like you. Help Truthout report on the urgent issues of health care, climate change, US foreign...
View ArticleHumanitarian Citizens: Breaking the Law to Protect Human Rights
As part of the European Union’s crackdown on irregular entry and smuggling of migrants and refugees, laws criminalizing actions that facilitate the irregular entry, movement, or stay of foreigners have...
View ArticleSudden Enemies of the State: Criminalized Juggalos Find Common Cause With...
Joseph Utsler (left) and Joseph Bruce (right), also known as Shaggy 2 Dope and Violent J of Insane Clown Posse, speak during the Juggalo March in Washington, DC, on September 16, 2017. Juggalos are...
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