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Election 2024 November 20
How We Reported on Rhetoric About Immigrants in the 2024 Election
The Marshall Project identified themes in over 12,000 immigration-related campaign statements and fact-checked 13 of Trump’s most repeated claims.
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U.S. President Joe Biden sits in a white chair in a navy suit with his hands clasped in front of him.
Closing Argument November 16
Biden Has 65 Days Left in Office. Here’s What He Can Do on Criminal Justice.
Judicial appointments and the death penalty are among areas where a lame-duck administration can still leave a mark.
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Election 2024 November 6
Trump’s Immigration Lies Paid Off at the Polls
Thousands of Trump’s public statements indicate his re-election will bring a return to hardline immigration policies.
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Vice President Kamala Harris, an Indian and Black woman with medium skin tone wearing a black suit, looks to the left while holding a microphone. She is sitting on a chair in front of three American flags.
Election 2024 July 21
5 Things to Know About Kamala Harris’ Criminal Justice Record
Here’s where Vice President Kamala Harris, a former prosecutor, stands on important criminal justice issues.
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Two women with medium skin tone, holding onto their belongings, stand in between brown pillars of a wall while waiting in a line. Several people stand in the background.
Closing Argument May 13, 2023
Title 42 is Over. What Comes Next for Asylum-Seekers?
The Biden administration’s new plan has led to confusion along the southern border.
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A Black woman and a White woman carried signs reading "DC Statehood is racial justice" during a protest.
Closing Argument March 11, 2023
How a Growing Political Fight Threatens Local Control of Criminal Justice
Anxiety about crime — and plain politics — are fueling efforts to supplant local rule, from Washington, D.C., to St. Louis and other localities.
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A closeup of Black hands holding a sign with a picture of Tyre Nichols, a Black man, with words underneath that read "Tyre Nichols, Rest in Power."
Closing Argument February 4, 2023
Biden Promised a Police Misconduct Database. He’s Yet to Deliver.
In the aftermath of Tyre Nichols’ killing, some are questioning the administration’s urgency on police reform.
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A man looks down with his arms behind his back, as he is being handcuffed by a police officer at the top of a jet bridge walkway. An officer to the right reads from a piece of paper.
Closing Argument December 3, 2022
Battles Brew Over the Power to Choose Who to Prosecute
The long-standing principle of prosecutorial discretion is under fire — another symptom of our nation’s fractured politics.
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President Joe Biden, a white male in a navy blue suit, delivering a speech at a podium with the seal of the President of the United States.
Closing Argument October 15, 2022
Don’t Expect Mass Prison Releases From Biden’s Marijuana Clemency
The president’s mass pardon may signal a shift in the federal approach to cannabis, but it won’t let anyone out of prison.
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New York police officers are lined up inside an auditorium.
News March 30, 2022
Biden Struck Out on Police Reform. Is Trump’s Remaining Policy Enough?
With Biden halting a proposed policing order, Trump’s modest changes are the most significant federal policing moves since George Floyd’s murder.
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