Defend democracy in the South.

Criminal Justice

VOICES: Crime pays for the private prison industry and modern-day convict leasers

By Joe Atkins

August 26, 2011 - By Joe Atkins, Labor South It all started in Mississippi. Of course.

Justice

VOICES: Obama skewers the immigrant justice movement

By Kung Li

August 25, 2011 - By Kung Li

How America's safety net has become a dragnet

By New America Media

August 16, 2011 - By Barbara Ehrenreich, New America Media

Five New Orleans cops convicted for their role in post-Katrina shootings

By ProPublica

August 8, 2011 - By A.C. Thompson, ProPublica

VOICES: Using a Civil War-era law to hold BP accountable in the Gulf

By Bridge the Gulf

July 18, 2011 - By Lindsey Williams, Bridge the Gulf

Did New Orleans media contribute to police violence after Hurricane Katrina?

By Jordan Flaherty

June 24, 2011 - By Jordan Flaherty, Truthout

John Edwards cheat sheet: What are the facts, and do they make him a criminal?

By ProPublica

June 9, 2011 - By Marian Wang, ProPublica