PM Stories
What We Know About the Shooting of Jacob Blake Molly Olmstead, Slate
Wisconsin protesters rally for second night against ‘shocking and outrageous’ police shooting of Jacob Blake Jordan Culver, USA Today
Fires in Kenosha Reflect Anger After Police Shooting of Jacob Blake Julie Bosman, New York Times
“We have so much work to do”: One year later, how Elijah McClain’s death impacted his friends and catalyzed a movement Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post
Deadly force behind the wheel Shaun Raviv and John Sullivan, Washington Post
Do I Need To Call The Police? Michael Hobbes, HuffPost
Violence Cannot Remedy Violence Judith Levine and Erica R. Meiners, Boston Review
With a truce brokered over Zoom, one DC neighborhood goes nearly 100 days without a shooting Peter Hermann, Washington Post
As jury trials resume in Philadelphia, courts lay out plans for juror safety Vinny Vella, Philadelphia Inquirer
Is This The Beginning Of The End For Private Prisons? The Market Seems To Think So Morgan Simon, Forbes
Telling stories about crime is hard. That’s no excuse for not doing better. Jason Cherkis, Columbia Journalism Review
AM Stories
Protecting the Fundamental Right to Mail in Prison Alia Nahra, Brennan Center for Justice
Loved Ones And Prisoners Sound Alarm As Coronavirus Cases Surge At Florida’s Largest Women’s Prison Alexandra DeLuca, The Appeal
Yuma Inmates Allege Prison Officials Ordered Them To Refuse COVID-19 Testing To Keep Numbers Down (Arizona) Jimmy Jenkins, KJZZ
COVID-19 Puts More than 1 Million Immigration Cases on Hold The Crime Report
How US Policy Turned the Sonoran Desert Into a Graveyard for Migrants James Verini, New York Times Magazine
The US plans to execute the only Native American on federal death row against the Navajo Nation’s wishes Dakin Andone, CNN
The US Shouldn’t Get to Decide If a Navajo Man Dies Matthew LM Fletcher and Tamera Begay, The Atlantic
These men received 505-year prison sentences each. Now their cases are under new scrutiny Scott Glover, CNN
Golden State Killer given life in prison for rapes, murders that terrorized a generation Paige St. John and Luke Money, Los Angeles Times
A Life Sentence Couldn’t Defeat Their Love. Now They’re Working To Change The System That Kept Them Apart. Mara Kardas-Nelson, The Appeal
Bringing the Arts to Prison, Even During a Pandemic Emily Nonko, Next City
‘Lovecraft Country’ Uses Horror Traditions to Tell a Story of American Racism Daniel D’Addario, Variety