A series of fatal shootings by federal agents shows how an aggressive federal law enforcement agenda undermines the very public safety it claims to protect.

This month, agents of the federal government, including the National Guard, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), have shot and killed four people. These deaths lay bare the fact that President Trump’s unaccountable crime and immigration crackdowns are endangering the country rather than deli ...

The 14th Amendment states that people born in the United States are citizens. No president can change that.

The day President Donald Trump was inaugurated, he signed an executive order attempting to sharply limit eligibility for birthright citizenship. Today, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed in Trump v. Barbara a simple fact made clear by the U.S. Constitution: If you are born in the United States, you are an American citizen. This is a critical victory f ...

As Pride Month highlights the ongoing fight for LGBTQ+ rights, transgender people in prison continue to face denials of medically necessary care despite court orders protecting access.

Dee Farmer sees great risk if the federal government succeeds in its efforts to end critical health care for incarcerated people with gender-affirming care needs. “People will die,” Farmer told the Vera Institute of Justice (Vera), she herself a formerly incarcerated transgender woman who has been fighting for the rights of people in prison for dec ...