Published in: Home
Mandatory Minimums Forced Me to Send More Than 1,000 Nonviolent Drug Offenders to Federal Prison

Published on: 29 October 2012

Written by: Judge Mark All articles by Judge Mark

If lengthy mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug addicts actually worked, one might be able to rationalize...
Published in: Home
The Exile Nation Project - Robert Halstead

Published on: 9 April 2012

Written by: Charles Shaw All articles by Charles Shaw

Robert Halstead (son of Janet Maddox Goree featured last week) is serving a 30 year sentence for armed robbery at a...
Published in: Home
oD Drug & Criminal Justice Front Line Report - March 28, 2012

Published on: 28 March 2012

Written by: Charles Shaw All articles by Charles Shaw

This week negative critique of the War on Drugs and the Prison-Industrial Complex goes mainstream (and, dare we say,...
Published in: Home
The Exile Nation Project - Janet Maddox Goree

Published on: 27 March 2012

Written by: Charles Shaw All articles by Charles Shaw

‎"The man who murdered my grandchild got probation, and my son, who didn't hurt anyone, got 30 years. How can that...

New in our projects

Published in: 50.50
Undercover with the US conservatives who trained Mike Pence
Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery
Long read: How the Nordic model in France changed everything for sex workers
Published in: Can Europe Make It?
How should we study Europe’s harmful migration policies?
Published in: Dark Money Investigations: Investigation
Oil firm linked to DUP dark money man collapses owing investors £4.5m
Published in: democraciaAbierta: Opinion
Alvaro Uribe, the Colombian ex-president, faces judicial worries in the US
Published in: digitaLiberties: Opinion
Civil society collaborates to fix tech
Published in: North Africa, West Asia
What can the 2019 uprisings in North Africa and West Asia teach us?
Published in: oDR
Amid warning signs, the future of Kyrgyzstan’s politics is wide open
Published in: openDemocracyUK: Opinion
The UK is increasingly run by corporate insiders. And Scotland is, too
Published in: openJustice: Investigation
Trump administration excludes key human rights issues from its reports
Published in: ourNHS
Review: The COVID-19 Catastrophe: What’s gone wrong and how to stop it happening again
Published in: Shine A Light
How to report on an inquest in England and Wales
Published in: Transformation: Opinion
Donald Trump and the banality of evil
Published in: ourEconomy: Opinion
What the US election means for Puerto Rico's fight for democracy and dignity
Published in: Rethinking Populism
Why a populist Left should rally around a green democratic transformation
Published in: Countering the Radical Right
The new face of terror in the US
Published in: Global Extremes
Europe must open up to new ideas about the secular state
Published in: Pandemic Borders
Will Canada give its foreign essential workers their rights?

Live discussions

General live discussions promo image

Every Thursday we host a video panel of experts, influencers and openDemocracy editors discussing a timely theme.

Sign up or watch past discussions

Tweets by openDemocracy

Powered by Disqus

Global Extremes

Our new partnership examines how we make sense of extremist violence.