Michelle Alexander

What would happen if thousands of people charged with crimes refused to plead out?

Perversely, the criminal justice system gives officers an incentive to perjure themselves.

I write and lecture about the horrors of our criminal justice system. Explaining the Darren Wilson decision to my child was much harder.

Recent criminal justice reforms contain the seeds of a frightening system of “e-carceration.”

We must face violent crime honestly and courageously if we are ever to end mass incarceration and provide survivors what they truly want and need to heal.

I still needed an abortion.

From mass incarceration to mass deportation, our nation remains in deep denial.

A letter from inside Marion Correctional Institution is the voice of those locked in cages and discarded during this pandemic.

We must get it right this time or risk losing our democracy forever.

Abolish the racist, sexist subminimum wage now.