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Inside Our Summer IssueBeyond Prisons The United States locks up more people than any other country, but that hasn't made us safer. The drug war jails thousands of nonviolent addicts. Taxpayers and poor communities lose as states slash social programs to pay for prisons. There's a better way—compassion, not punishment; restoration, not isolation. It's less costly, more humane—and it works. |
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New Visions
Solving today's big problems will take more than a quick fix. These authors offer clarity about the roots of our problems and visions of a better way.
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Why Real Justice Means Fewer Prisons Fixing a broken prison system can help build a new movement for justice. PLUS VIDEO: Amy Goodman talks to legal scholar Michelle Alexander about the new American caste system.
The American problem with mass incarceration is less about crime than it is about how—and who—we lock up.
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What brain science tells us about addiction, and why compassion is the only solution. Taryn Simon's photographs give a voice to our nation's wrongfully convicted.
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World and Community
New models that foster justice and real prosperity, and sustain the Earth's living systems. How can we bring these models to life and put them to work?
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We created a university for men who'd never had a chance at higher education—inside a Washington state prison.
Can Prison Be a Healing Place? Hawaii's only women's prison houses mothers, addicts, and abuse victims. How one warden stopped the punishment and is helping them recover. PLUS VIDEO: Sarah van Gelder talks to Free Speech TV about the innovative approach to crime used in Hawaii’s only women’s prison. |
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Righting Wrongs, the Maori Way New Zealand confronts a crisis of youth crime by turning to Maori traditions.
Connecting Prisons With Nature Video: Can prisons save money and the environment while changing lives? |
The Power of One
Stories of people who find their courage, open their hearts, and discover what it means to be human in today's world.
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A recovery program and more than a dozen businesses by and for ex-felons—with the help of one feisty advocate.
Restoring Lives. Now That's Justice. I was a reporter—and a convicted felon—when I learned it's possible to find dignity after making a mistake. PLUS VIDEO: Patrice Gaines talks to Free Speech TV about how we can keep our streets safe without throwing people away. |
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Bringing hope—and family visits, dogs, and mediation—into prisons
"I was overjoyed when I got my voter registration card. I was a real citizen!" Ex-offenders on reclaiming the human right to vote. PLUS: Ban the Box. Restore the Vote.
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Breaking Open
Humor, storytelling, and the arts—taking you into unexpected spaces where business-as-usual breaks open into new possibilities.
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Personal stories of life beyond bars. Standing Up For My Brother On Death Row Ex-Police Chief: Drug Warrior No More Inmate Kindness through the Walls of Solitary The Night I Forgave My Daughter's Killer Truth and Reconciliation for Victims and Offenders Life With Poetry, but No Parole Jailed in an Immigration Detention Center |
Also in the Summer 2011 Issue ... |
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Obama's Sister: What Our Mother Taught Us With a new book out honoring her mother, Maya Soetoro-Ng discusses how she keeps her family connected. |
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Wendell Berry: A Quieter Life Now In an exchange of letters with a dear friend, Berry explains why his writing is only a small part of the movement against greed and waste. |
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5 Protests That Shook The World From the notorious Yes Men, moments when laughter shook up new possibilities.
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