bookstores An anarchist community bookstore had the best response to getting robbed Thom Dunn

prison Watch a video of my prison and opioids play "Streets Like This," performed by actors who have all dealt with incarceration Thom Dunn

coronavirus County sheriffs claim that prisoners sleeping head-to-toe count as being "six feet apart" for coronavirus safety Thom Dunn

prison Why aren't more conservatives concerned about felon voting rights? Thom Dunn

crime Ahead of California's criminal justice reforms to reduce mass incarceration, prosecutors are locking in plea deals forcing defendants to give up the rights they're about to get Cory Doctorow

News In U.S. prisons, women are disciplined at a higher rate than men Xeni Jardin

racism This is your brain on drug policy – remake of classic PSA with Rachael Lee Cook Mark Frauenfelder

video Sobering look at how the poor are denied American justice Andrea James

crime Give me blood, cash, or jail time, Alabama judge orders defendants Xeni Jardin

sponsored It's Time for Silicon Valley To Finish Its Job of Disrupting the Racist Drug War Boing Boing

Business Ben & Jerry's on Black Lives Matter and the police killing of George Floyd: We Must Dismantle White Supremacy Xeni Jardin

china Leaked documents document China's plan for mass arrests and concentration-camp internment of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang Cory Doctorow

china Massive leak of Chinese government documents reveal the "no mercy" plan for Muslims in Xinjiang Cory Doctorow

books Barack Obama's summer reading list David Pescovitz

elections Clown Car 2.0: Matt Taibbi on the Democratic nomination race Cory Doctorow

jeffrey epstein Asking for pre-trial release, Jeffrey Epstein's lawyers say he has 'spotless 14-year record of walking the straight and narrow' Xeni Jardin

human rights Elizabeth Warren proposes a ban on private prisons and immigration facilities Cory Doctorow

Kids After American juvenile offenders are released, they can be re-imprisoned for failing to make restitution payments Cory Doctorow

History Remembering Velma Demerson: Grand soul, feminist, human rights advocate and writer Harry Kopyto

happy mutants The Training Commission: an email newsletter from the future, after a civil war and digital blackout Cory Doctorow