A Review of New Jersey Prison Theater Cooperatives’s Caged
“The play illustrates Black lives in dialogue with a racist system. . . while moments of extraordinary integrity and bravery break through the cracks.” More
A Review of Guilty People by Abbe Smith
Abbe Smith’s central premise in Guilty People is fairly straightforward: Who among us isn’t guilty? “The guilty are not a separate species,” Smith writes. More
Into the Streets: Writers Recommend Books of Protest
As protest rights are threatened around the country, we turn to books that demonstrate the power and importance of taking action and speaking out. More
A Review of Charged by Emily Bazelon
“Charged advocates for a new kind of district attorney as the key to reforming the system, one who is intent on true justice over winning.” More
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