PM Stories
Strict Border Enforcement Policies Put Migrants in Harm’s Way. Title 42 Is No Exception. Andrew R. Calderón and Isabela Dias, The Marshall Project
Biden Under Pressure Over ‘Public Health’ Border Expulsions Zolan Kanno-Youngs, New York Times
Why Hasn’t Joe Biden Shut Down the Worst ICE Detention Facilities? Laila L. Hlass and Mary Yanik, Slate
Alabama Prisons Still ‘Deadly,’ Years After Warnings Eddie Burkhalter, Alabama Political Reporter
Gov. Kay Ivey signs criminal justice reform bills into law Eddie Burkhalter, Alabama Political Reporter
Gov. Bill Lee called his Tennessee criminal justice reforms ‘monumental.’ Here’s what they’ll do Adam Tamburin, Nashville Tennessean
California’s new attorney general turns focus from fighting Trump to policing, racial justice Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times
It’s time to reform sentencing enhancements Peter Espinoza and Michael Romano, CalMatters
The Endless Trap of American Parole Jennifer Miller, Washington Post Magazine
‘People Evolve’: Why DA Gascón Reversed Decades of Parole Policy To Support Release In Most Cases Frank Stoltze, LAist
‘We live here too’: Tahanie Aboushi bids to become New York’s top prosecutor Erum Salam, The Guardian
An Incarcerated Artist Memorializes the “Forgotten” People Killed By COVID in Prison Samantha Michaels, Mother Jones
The Best TV Crime Dramas, as Recommended By TV Crime Drama Creators Gabriella Paiella, GQ
AM Stories
His Name in Vain Zak Cheney-Rice, New York Magazine
One Year After Killing of George Floyd, Problems and Frustrations Remain The Crime Report
Some bold local police reform efforts follow Floyd’s death, but change at national level remains elusive Jazmine Ulloa, Boston Globe
State Policing Reforms Since George Floyd’s Murder Ram Subramanian and Leily Arzy, Brennan Center for Justice
Floyd killing prompts some states to limit or ban chokeholds Farnoush Amiri, Colleen Slevin, and Camille Fassett, AP News
After George Floyd, other families demand justice after police killings Marco della Cava, USA Today
They took to the streets after George Floyd’s murder. Now, they fight to keep change going Marisa Gerber and Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times
Can Black Lives Matter LA dismantle the powerful police unions? Sam Levin, The Guardian
Reclaiming the Power of Rebellion Elizabeth Hinton and Derecka Purnell, Boston Review
Limiting Qualified Immunity for Cops Was a Bipartisan Issue After George Floyd’s Murder. What Happened? Madison Pauly, Mother Jones
The High Price of a New York City Cop Tom Robbins, The New Yorker
Can a Police Procedural Change? Kathryn VanArendonk, New York Magazine
The Exorcists Who Are Battling Black Lives Matter Audrey Clare Farley, New Republic
Stop Hustling Black Death Imani Perry, New York Magazine