PM Stories
Incarceratedly Yours, COVID-19 Issue Prison Renaissance Zine Project
San Quentin tells its own COVID story Jack Herrera, Columbia Journalism Review
Care at NC jail was supposed to be ‘best in the nation.’ So why have inmates died? Danielle Battaglia, Charlotte Observer
Federal prisons resume visitation in October, 7 months after COVID-19 forced suspension Kevin Johnson, USA Today
‘Waiting and waiting:’ COVID only made Harris County’s massive backlog of murder cases worse Samantha Ketterer, Houston Chronicle
California could soon end its dumb policy on inmate firefighters. What took so long? Erika D. Smith, Los Angeles Times
The Former Prisoners Fighting California’s Wildfires Christie Thompson, The Marshall Project
Our Nation is Fragmented Over Criminal Record Relief: Report Andrea Cipriano, The Crime Report
New Orleans Threatens To Defund Court Over Fines And Fees Emma Cueto, Law360
Rosenblum must end persisting injustice of nonunanimous juries Calvin Duncan, The Oregonian
Oregon Could Become the First State to Decriminalize Drugs in November Zachary A. Siegel, The Appeal
An incarcerated writer wrote a piece about apologizing to the family of the man he killed. Now the victim’s sister has responded. Taisha Lawson, Washington Post
Kamala Harris’ Tricky Balancing Act Between Top Cop and Criminal Justice Reformer Marisa Lagos and Scott Shafer, KQED
What Incarcerated Rappers Can Teach America Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic
AM Stories
A Long History of Language That Incites and Demonizes Peter Baker, New York Times
Trump’s illuminating defense of Kyle Rittenhouse Aaron Blake, Washington Post
Kyle Rittenhouse, Kenosha, and the Sheepdog Mentality Graeme Wood, The Atlantic
As clashes between armed groups and leftist protesters turn deadly, police face complaints of tolerating vigilantes Joshua Partlow and Isaac Stanley-Becker, Washington Post
White Vigilantes Have Always Had A Friend In Police Christopher Mathias, HuffPost
Inside The Dangerous Online Fever Swamps Of American Police Jesselyn Cook and Nick Robins-Early, HuffPost
The FBI warned for years that police are cozy with the far right. Is no one listening? Mike German, The Guardian
Police PR machine under scrutiny for inaccurate reporting, alleged pro-cop bias Maya Lau, Los Angeles Times
Officer alleges LAPD had quotas, silenced whistleblowers in gang-labeling scandal Kevin Rector and Ben Poston, Los Angeles Times
Highway ‘stop-and-frisk’: How Pennsylvania state troopers conduct illegal traffic searches Joseph Darius Jaafari and Joshua Vaugh, Philadelphia Inquirer
California passes some modest police oversight bills, but other measures fall short Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times
Playing Good Cop Rebecca Onion, Slate
Capturing the Police The Verge