Oklahoma Takes a Step to Help Incarcerated Survivors of Domestic Violence
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill that will allow courts to shorten the prison sentences of people who can prove they committed their crime because they were experiencing domestic violence—a...
View ArticleCatholic Bishops Finally Apologize for Church’s Role in Harming Kids at...
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops, which creates policies for the church in the United States, formally apologized on Friday for the church’s role in traumatizing Native American children at...
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Kyle Rittenhouse, Killer of Two, Cheers as Supreme Court Ends Bump Stock Ban
Gun rights activist Kyle Rittenhouse wants you to know that he’s very pleased with the Supreme Court, after the justices on Friday overturned a federal ban on bump stocks—devices that are attached to...
View ArticleWhat Would It Mean to Have a Prosecutor as President Right Now?
As soon as President Biden handed the baton to Kamala Harris, who is now expected to clinch the Democratic nomination, her campaign team and many journalists started framing the presidential race in...
View ArticleJudge Rules Breonna Taylor’s Boyfriend, Not the Police, Caused Her Death
More than four years after Kentucky police barged into Breonna Taylor’s home in the middle of the night and shot her to death, her family is still fighting for justice. And this week, a federal judge...
View ArticleSan Francisco’s DA Wants Two Kids to Be Prosecuted as Adults
San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins is trying to transfer two children, both 16 years old, to adult court. The case comes just over a month before voters will decide whether to keep Jenkins...
View ArticleThe Murder Rate Fell at the Fastest-Ever Pace Last Year—and It’s Still Falling
Former President Donald Trump wants you to believe that violence is surging. “All over the world crime is down; all over the world—except here,” he said during his debate with Vice President Kamala...
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Has San Francisco Gotten Too Tough on Teen Crime?
In early September, Peterson Harter was working the lunchtime rush in his sandwich shop on San Francisco’s Haight Street when in walked prosecutor Ryan Khojasteh, sporting slicked-back hair and...
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Oakland’s Merchant of Bad Vibes
I was doom-scrolling on X a few months ago when a video about Oakland, California, caught my eye: “Do you know your recaller?” it asked, before an image of a talking white-haired man with a yellow tie...
View ArticleLateefah Simon, on Track to Be a New House Dem: “I’ve Never Shied Away From...
Inside a museum in Oakland, not far from where Kamala Harris launched her first bid for the presidency back in 2019, Lateefah Simon, a Democrat whom Harris mentored, declared victory in her...
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