Approximately 13 million misdemeanor charges are filed each year in the United States, representing around 80% of all cases. Every day, thousands of people across the country—disproportionately Black and Latinx individuals—are stopped, searched, arrested, and...

In 1986, the passage of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act in Congress established a 100:1 sentencing disparity for offenses related to crack cocaine versus powder cocaine. Under this statute, an individual charged with having 1 gram of crack cocaine would face the same penalties...

At a time when the nation is commemorating 50 years of the failed policies responsible for this country’s mass incarceration problem, policymakers continue to push the same proposals that landed the U.S. as the number one incarcerator in the world. Currently being...