Advocates worry that the increased use of solitary confinement will be difficult to reverse.
Marcia Brown
Marcia Brown is a former Prospect writing fellow who is now a correspondent for The Capitol Forum, a subscription-based corporate investigation outlet. She has also written for The Intercept, The New Republic, and The Progressive.
Posted inFamily Care
Care Workers Organizing for Dignity
Faced with low wages and uncertain financial futures, workers are raising their voices.
Posted inPolitics
The Pivotal Figures Who May Decide the Election
Secretaries of state and other elections officials can restrict voting—or make it more inclusive.
Posted inPolitics
An Intraparty Democratic Battle in San Diego
Progressive city council president Georgette Gómez and billionaire family scion Sara Jacobs are battling for an open House seat. But not all is what it seems.
Posted inCoronavirus
Six Months Into the Pandemic, Transit Workers Are Still Dying—With No End in Sight
Though they’ve kept working in some of the most dangerous jobs, they’re now facing the prospect of furloughs and layoffs if there’s no more federal funding for transit.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
After Losing, Pipeline Company Refuses to Pay Legal Fees in Trespassing Case
Bayou Bridge is hoping the typically pliant state government in Louisiana will come to its aid.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Thousands Throng the National Mall for ‘Get Your Knee Off Our Necks’ March on Washington
Attendees included those who attended the first March on Washington.
Posted inLaw and Justice
How Prison Officials Block Access to the Media
Journalists are having trouble contacting sources, and inmates who speak on the record face retaliation.
Posted inPolitics
The Democratic Platform Caves on Fossil Fuel Subsidies
Grassroots DNC delegate RL Miller on the Democratic leadership’s broken promise, and how to drag the party to reality on climate action
Posted inPolitics
Biden’s Immigration Agenda Must Not Just Repudiate Trump’s, Progressives Say
It must go well beyond Obama’s to meet the challenges of today.
