Aviva Shen
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New Orleans, LA, United States
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Past articles by Aviva:
Columbus’ Policing Problem Goes Deeper Than the Shooting of Andre Hill
Adam Coy is hardly the only officer in Columbus with a history of violence. → Read More
What Could Have Kept Me Out of Prison
Therapy. Affordable housing. A living wage. → Read More
Most People in Jail Can Vote. Many of Them Don’t Know It.
Advocates say it’s voter suppression on a national scale. → Read More
The Jerk Who Gave Me a C+ In English Could Cost Democrats the Senate
That jerk would be: Notorious spoiler Joe Lieberman’s son Matt. → Read More
The Taxpayers, Not the Police, Will Pay Breonna Taylor’s Family $12 Million
Defund the Louisville police by $12 million. → Read More
After Biden Says “Most Cops Are Good,” Cops Keep Shooting People in the Back
Joe Biden has no real plan to stop police from killing more people. → Read More
Protesters Called Minneapolis Officials’ Bluff On “Investigating” George Floyd’s Killer
After four days of dragging his feet, the Hennepin County attorney has filed murder charges against officer Derek Chauvin. → Read More
We Can’t Police Our Way Out of This Pandemic
America is used to blaming individuals for systemic problems. → Read More
How to Prevent a Coronavirus Catastrophe in Jails: Let People Out
Santa Clara is aiming to reduce its jail population by 20 percent. → Read More
The Biggest Problem in America, According to Its Prisoners
“The New Jim Crow.” “Not enough police.” “Millennials.” → Read More
Horrifying Death, Horrifying Jail: the Scandal of Jeffrey Epstein and MCC
We don’t need an investigation to tell us jails and prisons are often violent hellholes. But do we care? → Read More
A Boy Was Handcuffed for Throwing Skittles. Then This School Overhauled Its Approach to Discipline.
School officials in Jefferson Parish have embraced a much softer approach to discipline than just a few years ago. And suspensions are down dramatically. → Read More
New Orleans’ summer of floods revives the threat of privatization
Decaying water infrastructure is giving "disaster capitalists" a window of opportunity → Read More
New Orleans' Great Bail Reform Experiment
The most incarcerated city in the most incarcerated state is experimenting with programs to reduce its jail population. And so far, they seem to be working. → Read More
New Orleans Tackles Bail Reform With Risk Assessment
The most incarcerated city in the most incarcerated state is experimenting with programs to reduce its jail population. And so far, they seem to be working. → Read More
The Case for the Flood-Proof Lawn
New Orleans’ water infrastructure needs a lot of work. In the meantime, some residents are taking a new street-level approach to dealing with a deluge. → Read More
The shady case that put a Nashville man in prison for over 20 years
Witnesses say police threatened them into lying about a murder they never saw. → Read More
Louisiana’s floating pipeline protest camp prepares to take on ‘the black snake’
The pipeline would pass through eight watersheds and many fragile wetlands. → Read More
This is what a for-profit justice system looks like: kidnapping, extortion, false imprisonment
The hired guns handcuffed Egana and brought him not to jail but to a bail bonds office, where they forced him to call his disabled mother to ask for money in exchange for his release, according to a… → Read More
Louisiana takes major step to reduce its prison population
Hundreds of prisoners could be released early, but staying out of prison will be an uphill battle. → Read More