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The Justice Gap in Practice: New Study Reveals How Americans Perceive Access to the Legal System

Nearly eight in 10 Americans perceive the U.S. legal system as unfair, according to new national research from Equal Justice Works, a finding that underscores the gap between the p...

The Mystery of the Joan Little Case

Justice 101: Faith, Reentry, and Prison Reform

Justice 101: Faith, Reentry, and Prison Reform etower@afsc.org Wed, 05/06/2026 - 16:12 Featured Image Image...

A Looming Execution Raises Questions of Race, Responsibility, and Rap

Curtis Riser had some concerns about the problem of wrongful convictions. He wasn’t the only potential juror to raise this point ahead of the 2009 capital murder trial of James Bro...

Women expose Zimbabwe’s justice system failures; decry legal gaps, police inaction

WOMEN from across Zimbabwe have raised serious concerns over gaps in the justice system, saying weak laws, lack of resources and discrimination are denying them justice. The concer...

What Would a Feminist Justice System Look Like?

Hawaii might have the answer.

A Justice Movement

By Hope Bohanec  Right now, someone in our community is being confined against her will, subjected to forced pregnancy, and enduring painful body mutilations without … Continue rea...

Criminal Justice Reform Isn’t Dead

‘Crimes against humanity’ and the fight for reparative justice

I recently traveled to Geneva to attend the fifth session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, an advisory body to the Human Rights Council of the United Nations. A...

Between safety and justice

Controversial cases involving police use of lethal force have prompted scrutiny of accountability standards

What Went Wrong With Criminal Justice Reform

Americans want a new approach to policing and incarceration.

UN Reports Detail Unjust Access to Justice for Women and Girls

In many cases, women’s rights are being rolled back, reports say

Demanding justice

Justice beyond courtrooms

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Social Justice: A Jewish Perspective

Robert Cherry, RealClearReligion Antisemitism has permeated the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. Most troubling, Matthew Ynglesias, Ezra Klein, and Jonathan Chait have al...

‘Faithful Justice’ issue of Studies launched

The spring issue of Studies, marking the 50th anniversary of the Jesuits committing to 'a faith that does justice', was launched recently. The post ‘Faithful Justice’ issue of Stud...

Jobs, housing top priorities for IN justice-involved women

The Indiana Department of Correction released 504 women from state prisons in early 2025. Finding a job and a place to stay presents its own set of challenges as these justice-invo...

Criminalizing Childhood: When the Justice System Fails America’s Youth

From child labor to incarceration, U.S. laws often treat youth as disposable rather than nurturing their potential.

Intergenerational approaches to access to justice across the life-course: Barriers and policy pathways for adolescent gi...

This brief outlines the global context framing the justice gap across the life-course; barriers preventing adolescent girls and older women from accessing justice, including shared...

Social Justice Therapy Is Teaching Clinicians That A Child’s Race Matters More Than Her Abuser’s Crimes

The sacred obligation of therapy — to restore dignity and offer healing — is being replaced by an ideological agenda that evaluates victims according to their 'privilege.'

Kant & Economic Justice

A basic moral challenge is sorting out how people should be treated. This is often formulated in terms of obligations to others, and the usual question is “what, if anything,Read M...

Faithful Justice Today: A Jesuit Commemoration

The spring 2026 issue of Studies commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Jesuits formally committing the Society to 'a faith that does justice'. The post Faithful Justice Today: A...

Cashill Questions Equal Justice After Kansas City Warehouse Torched Amid ICE Protest

Kansas City's foremost conservative scribe offers his perspective on the discrepancy betiwxt a local case and a J6 lady who had to share a prison cell with a dude.  As always, we...

False confessions and self-deportations are the red flags of a failing system

And our American system of justice is definitely failing