July 25, 2025

Criminal justice

Trump Defunds Effective Crime-Prevention Policies. Brennan Center for Justice

Is sentencing your neighbors to death ‘the will of the people’? Prism

Prison count method gives rural Oregon districts unfair advantage, report says. The Oregonian

Trump order pushes forcible hospitalization of homeless people. The Spokesman-Review

Immigration

“You Feel Like Your Life Is Over”: HRW Report Exposes Abuses in Trump’s Immigration Jails in Florida. Democracy Now!

Immigrant Family Hides for Their Lives in St. Louis as ICE Crackdown Intensifies. The Marshall Project

By Refusing to Show Faces or Badges, ICE Opens Door to Vigilante Impersonators. Truthout

Civil rights

Trump administration opens civil rights investigation into Oregon over transgender athletes in schools. OPB

Democracy

Executive Lawlessness: Leah Litman on the Supreme Court Enabling Presidential Overreach. The Intercept

Trackers

The Anti-Corruption Tracker: Mapping the Erosion of Oversight and Accountability. Just Security