Kristen Gwynne
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New York, NY, United States
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Why Does the UN Help Fund Policies That Kill Nonviolent Drug Offenders in Iran?
Iran executes hundreds of people for drug crimes every year, and yet the international community continues to fund its brutal drug wars. → Read More
Should Murderers Convicted as Juveniles Have a Shot at Parole?
The Supreme Court is considering whether a 2012 decision barring mandatory sentences of life without parole for kids should be applied retroactively to hundreds of convicted killers. → Read More
How Personhood Laws Can Land Women in Court for Crimes Against Their Own Fetuses
Anti-abortion measures are putting women are at risk of being charged with crimes against their fetuses, and rogue prosecutors can use their wide discretion to prosecute mothers with crimes beyond feticide or child abuse. → Read More
How Personhood Laws Can Land Women in Court for Crimes Against Their Own Fetuses
Anti-abortion measures are putting women are at risk of being charged with crimes against their fetuses, and rogue prosecutors can use their wide discretion to prosecute mothers with crimes beyond feticide or child abuse. → Read More
Girls in juvenile detention are often the victims of family violence, report finds
Girls in the criminal justice system report far higher rates of in-home sexual abuse and are detained for minor offenses more often than boys, in what becomes a self-perpetuating cycle of imprisonment → Read More
Inside A Bushwick Punk Rock Fundraiser For Bernie Sanders:
"He's the only candidate that when he opens his mouth to say something, my first thought isn't immediately bullshit or that he's reading a script that's been written for him by lobbyists and corporations." → Read More
Where Can You Safely Shoot Up In NYC?
"Most of the time, I do it in the street, under the bridge, on top of the bridge." → Read More
Is Oklahoma about to execute an innocent man? Richard Glossip's supporters say yes
In a case that has drawn the attention of Sister Helen Prejean and Susan Sarandon, attorney says Glossip has been sentenced to death ‘because he’s poor’ as lawyers race to win a 60-day stay before Wednesday’s scheduled execution → Read More
How Eric Garner's Family Is Coping with Their Loss One Year Later
On the anniversary of one of the most notorious police killings in recent memory, Eric Garner's family looks back at a year of grief and activism. → Read More
New York City Just Settled with the Family of Eric Garner for $5.9 Million
But the family of the Staten Island man isn't done advocating for justice and police reform in America. → Read More
The Author of 'The Cartel' on America's Role in Mexico's Brutal and Bloody Drug War
A look at how drug trafficking's massive profits feed high-level corruption, and how American policy is fanning the flames. → Read More
Freddie Gray Protests Broke Out Across America Last Night
Activists marched all over Manhattan last night despite a police crackdown that led to 120 arrests. → Read More
Can Vermont Bring Legal Weed to the Northeast?
As prohibition crumbles in the West, marijuana reform activists are looking to open up a new frontier for the legalization movement. → Read More
Does Domestic Violence Actually Rise During the Holidays?
Actually, the opposite may be true. → Read More
Texas Is the Next Big Test for Legal Weed
Legalization advocates are pinning their hopes to a new bill that would decriminalize marijuana in the Lone Star State. → Read More
New York City Is on Edge After Saturday's Police 'Assassination'
Local cops, already known not to be huge fans of NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, are now openly disrespecting him after two of their own were executed by a lone gunman in Brooklyn. → Read More
Can Obamaâs Justice Department Actually Curb Police Brutality?
Civil rights activists in Ferguson and New York have pinned their hopes for justice to federal investigations into police misconduct. But these probes aren't a silver bullet. → Read More
A Grand Jury Just Declined to Indict the Cop Who Killed Eric Garner with a Choke Hold
Little more than a week after a grand jury declined to indict Darren Wilson, another controversial white cop involved in a violent death got off. → Read More
Legal Weed Is Causing Problems for Americaâs Hemp Farmers
Hemp farmers say the stigma of getting high is getting in the way of their industry. → Read More
America Protested the Ferguson Grand Jury Decision Again Last Night
The second round of protests was a bit less intense and way less destructive than the first. → Read More