PM Stories
The War on Drugs Is 50 Years Old Alfred W. McCoy, The Nation
Nixon launched the war on drugs 50 years ago. Who won? NBC News
50-year war on drugs imprisoned millions of Black Americans Aaron Morrison, AP News
The ‘war on drugs’ was always about race LZ Granderson, Los Angeles Times
How race shaped the South’s punitive approach to justice Noah Robertson and Patrik Jonsson, Christian Science Monitor
South Carolina Prepares To Bring Firing Squads To Death Row Catherine Welch, WFAE
America’s execution mess Austin Sarat, The Hill
US Won’t Seek Death Penalty in 7 Cases, Signaling a Shift Under Biden Benjamin Weiser and Hailey Fuchs, New York Times
First Guantanamo prisoner under Biden released to home country, fewer than 40 remain at terror jail Tucker Higgins, CNBC
Federal Inmates Eligible For Home Confinement Under CARES Act Pled For Their Release From Prison Walter Pavlo, Forbes
The Truth Behind the Growing Number of Women Ending Up in Prison Donna Hylton, Ms. Magazine
Oregon sex workers advocate for decriminalization, in their own words John Notarianni, Oregon Public Broadcasting
Hollywood Loves Rape-Revenge Plots. But What Story Are They Really Telling? Maddie Oatman, Mother Jones
Review: Documentary ‘The Phantom’ finds injustice on the streets of Corpus Christi Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times
AM Stories
Murders are up. Crime is not. What’s going on? German Lopez, Vox
Low Clearance Rate for Gun Crimes Fuels ‘Retaliatory Violence’: Paper Emily Riley, The Crime Report
Shoot Someone In a Major US City, and Odds Are You’ll Get Away With It (2019) Sarah Ryley, Jeremy Singer-Vine, and Sean Campbell, The Trace
Improving Police Clearance Rates of Shootings: A Review of the Evidence Anthony A. Braga, Manhattan Institute
There Is A New Effort To Target Gun Trafficking In Chicago Cheryl Corley, NPR
Chicago police create new gun team to target illegal weapons ahead of Biden strike force Frank Main, Chicago Sun-Times
‘Perfect storm’: Bulletin warns of extremist violence as pandemic restrictions lift Pierre Thomas and Aaron Katersky, ABC News
Watching the Watchmen Ken Bensinger and Jessica Garrison, BuzzFeed News
US Capitol Police gets new chief months after Jan. 6 insurrection Eric Tucker, Michael Balsamo, and Colleen Long, Los Angeles Times
DEA agent trespassed at Capitol on Jan. 6 and lied about it, prosecutors say Rachel Weiner, Washington Post
The first Capitol riot felony prison sentence signals to other insurrectionists that they’ll get a better deal if they accept responsibility Madison Hall, Insider
The Art of Surviving (2019) Elizabeth Van Brocklin, The Trace