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Nov 9, 2017

Year One: It’s Up to Us

In the end, the most important guardian of liberty is an engaged citizenry.

This piece originally appeared in the New York Review of Books.

One year after his highly improbable...

By aclutn

In the end, the most important guardian of liberty is an engaged citizenry.

This piece originally appeared in the New York Review of Books.

One year after his highly improbable...

By aclutn
Nov 8, 2017

The 2017 Elections Show Criminal Justice Reform Can Be a Winning Issue

Smearing candidates as "soft on crime" didn’t work this election cycle.

On Election Day 2017, candidates in Philadelphia, New Jersey, Virginia, and New York won on...

By aclutn

Smearing candidates as "soft on crime" didn’t work this election cycle.

On Election Day 2017, candidates in Philadelphia, New Jersey, Virginia, and New York won on...

By aclutn
Nov 8, 2017

U.S. Gave Its Torturers a Pass, So International Court Steps In

For the first time, U.S. officials could face the specter of indictment by the international court.

After a decade of collecting evidence, the prosecutor for the International Criminal Court...

By aclutn

For the first time, U.S. officials could face the specter of indictment by the international court.

After a decade of collecting evidence, the prosecutor for the International Criminal Court...

By aclutn
Nov 8, 2017

Transgender Soldiers Are Equal to the Task. We Have Earned the Right to Serve Our Country.

It was liberating to serve my country as my authentic self. Now, we step back to uncertainty.

This article is an expression of my personal opinion as a private citizen, and...

By aclutn

It was liberating to serve my country as my authentic self. Now, we step back to uncertainty.

This article is an expression of my personal opinion as a private citizen, and...

By aclutn
Nov 8, 2017

How Activism Can Lead the Way in the Trump Era

Our constitutional system depends as much on the work of activists as it does on lawyers. The courts can't do it alone.

In his first year in office, Donald Trump has proved to be simultaneously the...

By aclutn

Our constitutional system depends as much on the work of activists as it does on lawyers. The courts can't do it alone.

In his first year in office, Donald Trump has proved to be simultaneously the...

By aclutn
Nov 7, 2017

Private Prison Giant CoreCivic’s Wants to Corner the Mass Incarceration ‘Market’ in the States

The private prison company has a strategy for embedding itself more deeply into state criminal justice systems.

CoreCivic, Inc., the private prison company, will release its...

By aclutn

The private prison company has a strategy for embedding itself more deeply into state criminal justice systems.

CoreCivic, Inc., the private prison company, will release its...

By aclutn