PM Stories
Trump’s failed promise of criminal justice reform gives Biden an opening Mark Osler, Washington Post
Fact Check: Trump’s And Biden’s Records On Criminal Justice Brian Naylor, NPR
In 2016, Trump Promised to Make America Safe Again. He Failed. Jonathan Chait, New York Magazine
Trump claims crime is up in US cities. The truth is more complicated. German Lopez, Vox
“Law and Order” Isn’t the Answer to Rising Crime in Philadelphia Maura Ewing, Slate
Judges are trying to reduce a reform prosecutor’s powers. She’s right to fight back. Editorial Board, Washington Post
The US Prison System Has Reached 1,000 COVID-19 Deaths Scott Shackford, Reason
California prison chief retires amid coronavirus and protest pressure Los Angeles Times
More than 200 new coronavirus cases reported at ICE facility in Arizona NBC News
Women fight for release from Fort Worth prison. Some with COVID died while waiting. Kaley Johnson and Mark Dent, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Inmates Released From Overcrowded Prisons Due to COVID-19 Are Struggling Pallavi Pundir, Vice
California Needs More Firefighters – But It’s Preventing Skilled Former Inmates From Helping Edwin Rios, Mother Jones
The coronavirus gave them jobs – and a new lease on life Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times
Released from San Quentin, Rebuilding Their Lives Lakshmi Sarah and Beth LaBerge, KQED
AM Stories
At DC march, families decry ‘two systems of justice’ Aaron Morrison, Kat Stafford, and Ashraf Khalil, Washington Post
Young People At The March On Washington Pledge To Keep Fighting Philip Lewis, HuffPost
March on Washington highlights generational divide on police reform Maya King, Politico
What Conservatives Really Mean When They Call for Law and Order Nathalie Baptiste, Mother Jones
Trump Says Crime Is Rampant in NYC. Here Are the Facts. Alan Feuer, New York Times
How the Police Radicalized the ‘NBA Bubble’ Zak Cheney-Rice, New York Magazine
Support the NBA Strike, Boycott the Police Derecka Purnell, The Appeal
The Thin Blue Line Between Violent, Pro-Trump Militias and Police Ryan Devereaux, The Intercept
US Law Enforcement’s Warrior Complex Is on Full Display in the Streets – and in Leaked Documents Chris Gelardi, The Nation
There’s a reason it’s hard to discipline police. It starts with a bill of rights 47 years ago. Rebecca Tan, Washington Post
The Killing Is Not the Content Allissa V. Richardson, The Atlantic