State legislators across the country already have started filing bills for their 2021 sessions that would target the rights of transgender youth. Transgender rights activists are preparing to fight what is expected to be a flurry of proposed state laws threatening young people’s access to…
This article was updated Feb. 5, 2021 President-elect Joe Biden plans to ask all Americans to wear masks for 100 days to slow the spread of COVID-19. This would be the first attempt to have a cohesive mask-wearing plan across the country. It’s a plan.…
If you’ve tried an Impossible Burger at Burger King you know why meat producers might feel threatened by this plant-based burger. It’s not bad. Not bad, at all. But this isn’t a burger review. It’s a story about what lengths the meat industry is going…
A new study commissioned by the Council on Criminal Justice shows a disproportionate number of young black men jailed on felony charges remain incarcerated as jail populations changed in reaction to the pandemic. The study focuses on the impact COVID-19 has on jail populations, overall,…
Editor’s note: With the recent vaccine news, the Legal Examiner is publishing this updated followup version of a previously published article. UPDATE: As the country gears up for a massive program to administer COVID-19 vaccines, some experts are recommending increased protections for anyone who may…
As COVID-19 cases rose, fell and now rise again across the country, prisons and youth detention facilities have consistently continued to see high numbers of infection and yes, death, leading some to call it the new death penalty. According to the ACLU’s Death by Incarceration…
A new free tool designed by Suffolk University’s law school is helping thousands of people stave off eviction while the country remains in the grips of COVID-19. Centers for Disease Control Director Dr. Robert Redfield signed a declaration in September saying evictions could be detrimental…
Three years ago, an unconscious, 70-year-old man in deteriorating condition was brought into Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. Doctors found he had a tattoo reading “Do Not Resuscitate” across his chest with the patient’s signature on his collarbone. The word “Not” was underlined. The medical…
COVID-19 infection and mortality rates in prisons are much higher than in the general population, according to a national study, as crowded environments act like a petri dish for exponential growth of the coronavirus. “Because prisons have more people incarcerated than they were designed to…
The Legal Defense and Education Fund, with Public Citizen on behalf of the NAACP recently struck a blow against the U.S. Postal Service over its “pivot” in mail delivery, which these organizations say can potentially lead to ballots not being delivered in time to count,…