Corporate America’s $50 billion promise Tracy Jan, Jena McGregor, and Meghan Hoyer, Washington Post
One year after the shooting of Jacob Blake, some in Kenosha ‘don’t want to move on’ Bill Glauber and Ricardo Torres, USA Today/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Police shootings are not letting up. Congress must act. Editorial Board, Washington Post
Coronavirus pandemic blamed as key factor in LA’s spiking homicide rate Eric Licas, LA Daily News
Top California law enforcement agencies report vaccination rates far lower than public Sam Levin, The Guardian
Violence at anti-vaccine protest brings new criticism of LAPD tactics, claims of bias Kevin Rector and James Queally, Los Angeles Times
2 New York Judges Ordered Defendants to Get Vaccinated. Can They Do That? Jonah E. Bromwich, New York Times
The Education Judges Don’t Get Is Potentially Deadly Wendy E. Parmet and Mackenzie Darling, WBUR
New COVID-19 outbreak reported at San Quentin State Prison Richard Halstead, San Jose Mercury News
Dallas County Jail Inmate Speaks Out Amid COVID-19 Surge Michael Murney, Dallas Observer
Atlanta federal pen nearly vacant amid corruption investigation Christian Boone, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
NC court grants voting rights to thousands of people on probation or parole for a felony Will Doran, Raleigh News & Observer
Expungement Crisis: The Long Wait to Restore ‘Ruined Lives’ Dane Stallone, The Crime Report
Cuomo issues clemency for 10 people in last days as governor AP News
Cuomo Commutes Sentences of 1981 Brink’s Robbery Participant and 4 Others Michael Wilson and Jesus Jiménez, New York Times
Despite Recent Batches Of Clemencies, Prison Reform Advocates Feel Let Down By Cuomo Jim O’Grady, Gothamist
In portraits and letters: ‘Being free is not the same as freedom’ Jason Kerzinski, Scalawag
Choosing Freedom Jane Bambauer, Sandra Mayson, Andrea Roth, and Megan T. Stevenson, Inquest
The Rapper RRome’s Debut Single Didn’t Come About in an Ordinary Way. On Friday, He Released It: “LIVE on Death Row.” Thomasi McDonald, IndyWeek
Meeting “the Other Side”: Conversations with Men Accused of Sexual Assault Alexandra Brodsky, The New Yorker
At Lake Adelle, the Dead, the Missing and Those Left Behind Ryan Krull, Riverfront Times