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Joe Biden, Border Cop Billy Binion, Reason
Biden promised change at the border. He’s kept Trump’s Title 42 policy to close it and cut off asylum Molly O’Toole, Los Angeles Times
Images of Confusion, Then Anguish: Migrant Families Deported by Surprise Daniel Berehulak and Maria Abi-Habib, New York Times
America’s Immigration System Is a COVID Superspreader Eli M. Cahan, Scientific American
COVID-19 Has Torn Through Prisons. Advocates Want Biden To Act Now. Ryan Brooks and Kate Lý Johnston, BuzzFeed News
On federal death row, inmates talk about Biden, executions Michael Tarm, AP News
Why Is This Happening?: Watching 13 executions with Liliana Segura NBC News
A Witness to the State’s Power to Kill Alvin Melathe, The Atlantic
They were innocent and on death row. Now, the exonerated want to ensure Biden keeps pledge Christina Carrega, CNN
Jeff Rosen Sought the Death Penalty For An Innocent Man. He Shouldn’t Be California’s Next AG Michael Ogul, The Appeal
Prosecutors and the ‘Moral Imperative’ for Transparency Lucy Lang and Erica Bond, The Crime Report
The Successes and Shortcomings of Larry Krasner’s Trailblazing First Term Joshua Vaughn, The Appeal
Criminal Justice Reform Moves Pretty Fast. Just Ask Harris County DA Kim Ogg. Michael Hardy, Texas Monthly
Bad Birds in Quarantine Kimon de Greef, Guernica Magazine
‘Luz’ Review: Love In and Out of Lockup Teo Bugbee, New York Times
Netflix’s College Admissions Documentary Is A Compelling Anatomy Of A Scam Alessa Dominguez, BuzzFeed News
AM Stories
US Intelligence Agencies Warn Of Heightened Domestic Extremism Threat Jaclyn Diaz, NPR
2020 Saw an Unprecedented Surge in White Supremacist Propaganda WJ Hennigan and Vera Bergengruen, Time
There Have Been At Least 3,795 Hate Incidents Against Asian Americans During The Pandemic, A New Report Shows Julia Reinstein, BuzzFeed News
How Racism and Sexism Intertwine to Torment Asian-American Women Shaila Dewan, New York Times
Suspect in Atlanta Spa Attacks Is Charged With 8 Counts of Murder Richard Fausset, Campbell Robertson, Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, and Sean Keenan, New York Times
Georgia shootings could test state’s new hate-crimes law as debate rages over suspect’s motive Griff Witte, David Nakamura, Marianna Sotomayor, and Timothy Bella, Washington Post
Georgia’s No-Wait Gun Laws Allowed Robert Aaron Long to Immediately Obtain Firearm Alexandra Hutzler, Newsweek
California attorney general cuts off researchers’ access to gun violence data Lois Beckett, The Guardian
Promising Crime Solutions Are Being Undermined by Flawed Federal Ratings, Researchers Say Champe Barton, The Trace
The US finally has data on how many people die in police custody. NC won’t release it. NC Watchdog Reporting Network
Judge limits evidence, refuses to move trial in Floyd death Steve Karnowski and Amy Forliti, AP News
Just How White Is Chicago’s Union For Cops? Here Are The Numbers. Chip Mitchell, WBEZ
Phoenix Wants To Shift Crisis Response Away From Police – While Also Increasing The Police Budget Meg O’Connor, The Appeal