The future of solitary confinement in New York City jails
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Vincent Schiraldi, senior fellow at Columbia University Justice Lab, about the use of solitary confinement at Rikers Island.
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The legacy of Lani Guinier
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Spencer Overton, law professor at George Washington University Law School, about the legacy of Lani Guinier, a legal scholar in the field of voting rights.
Supreme Court's conservatives cast cloud over vaccine-or-test mandate for businesses
Justices seemed more open to the vaccine mandate for almost all workers at hospitals, nursing homes, and other medical providers receiving federal Medicare and Medicaid funds.
All 3 white men convicted of Ahmaud Arbery's murder are sentenced to life in prison
Travis McMichael, who pulled the trigger, and his father, Greg, have no chance for parole. A federal hate crimes trial remains in a case widely seen as racially motivated.
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments challenging vaccine mandates
The two cases are in a preliminary posture, but how the court rules will very likely signal how these issues are ultimately resolved.
News brief: COVID tests, vaccine mandate hearing, Jan. 6 events
Rapid COVID-19 tests are in short supply and prices are increasing. The Supreme Court will review two of Biden's vaccine rules for workers. Not many Republicans attended Jan. 6 events on Capitol Hill.
The Supreme Court will weigh vaccine rules for healthcare workers and businesses
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Friday in cases involving the Biden administration's vaccine mandate for health care workers and its vaccine-or-test rule for private sector workers.
Republicans criticize Ted Cruz for calling Jan. 6 a violent terrorist attack
"Of all the things that Jan. 6 was, it was definitely not a violent terrorist attack," Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson said in reply to Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas.
Where the Jan. 6 insurrection investigation stands, one year later
Officials say the probe is one of the largest and most resource-intensive investigations in American history. More than 700 people have been charged already.
5 takeaways from the Capitol riot criminal cases, one year later
NPR has been tracking every criminal case related to the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. One year after the riot, here are some of the key patterns that have emerged from the cases.