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January 4, 2018 Dispatches

US Revives its Harmful Drug War

Attorney General Sessions to Crack Down on Marijuana

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions delivers remarks on the U.S. system for asylum-seekers at the Executive Office for Immigration Review in Falls Church, Virginia, U.S. October 12, 2017.
December 5, 2017 Letter

Human Rights Watch Comment on Interim Final Rule on Religious Exemptions and Accommodations under the ACA

November 20, 2017 Dispatches

Eliminating Violence Against Transgender Women in the US

Abuses Linked to the Higher HIV Rates

An illustration depicts a transgender woman housed in a men's immigration detention facility.
October 31, 2017 Dispatches

New FBI Report on US Crime Notable for What’s Missing

Worrying Lack of Data Linked to Police Accountability

FBI building
October 27, 2017 Dispatches

While Vowing to Take on Opioid Crisis, Trump Cuts Drug Treatment Options

GOP’s Cuts to Medicaid, ACA, Mean Millions Lose Access to Drug Treatment Programs

US President Donald Trump signs a presidential public health emergency declaration on the nation's opioid crisis in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC.
October 24, 2017 Dispatches

Intelligence Assessment Resurrects Fears of US Government Abuses

FBI Document Seems to Conflate Activism with Extremism

BLM
October 16, 2017 Dispatches

Trump’s Actions on Health Threaten Rights

Order Undermines ACA, May Result in Higher Premiums for Many Americans

U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) applauds as U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order to make it easier for Americans to buy bare-bones health insurance plans and circumvent Obamacare rules at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 12, 2017
October 6, 2017 News Release

US: Many May Lose Family Planning Benefits

Trump Administration Rules Will Limit Contraception Coverage

Supporters of contraception rally before Zubik v. Burwell, an appeal brought by Christian groups demanding full exemption from the requirement to provide insurance covering contraception under the Affordable Care Act, is heard by the U.S. Supreme Court.
October 5, 2017 Dispatches

A Glimmer of Hope for US Criminal Justice Reform

Senate Bill Would Roll Back Some Harsh Sentences

October 4, 2017 Statement

Criminalization of Poverty as a Driver of Poverty in the United States

Harvard Criminal Justice Policy Program and Human Rights Watch Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights

October 2, 2017 Dispatches

Poor Transparency in Kentucky’s Private Probation Industry

ACLU Calls for Change

Kentucky Alternative Programs office in Shelbyville, KY
September 26, 2017 Dispatches

Multimillion Dollar Settlement Casts Light on US Probation Abuses

Tennessee County Ends Use of Private Probation

The American flag flies next to a statue of the scales of justice at United States Court House, February 6, 2002.
August 30, 2017 Dispatches

Transfer of Military Hardware to Police Could Lead to Abuses

Trump’s decision to lift restrictions part of harmful policy shift

August 3, 2017 Dispatches

Trump’s Real Policies Echo Rant to Cops

Administration Moving Fast to Roll Back Police Accountability

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks about his proposed U.S. government effort against the street gang Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, to a gathering of federal, state and local law enforcement officials in Brentwood, New York, U.S. July 28, 2017.
July 5, 2017 Dispatches

Virginia to Execute Man With a Mental Health Condition

Governor McAuliffe Should Commute Death Sentence

The death chamber shown at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas September 29, 2010.

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