Heather Ann Thompson

The media narrative used to discredit urban rebellions as violent betrayals of the civil rights movement has been attached to protests ever since.

It’s time to demand law enforcement accountability for the death of unarmed citizens not just on America’s streets but also in our prisons.

If this nation hopes to achieve a justice system that is just, it must remain ever vigilant for any echo from Attica.

Heather Ann Thompson explains what’s changed and what has stayed the same.

Being tough on crime and cutting benefits from the poor left millions more susceptible to disease.

It has been nearly 50 years since New York’s jails erupted in protest, but the lessons of that era feel more relevant than ever.

A new book chronicles the shocking, decades-long effort to combat venereal disease by locking up girls and women.

The anniversary of two major revolts remind us that tough-on-crime policies have created intense suffering in our prisons.

Prisons today undergo criticism but in the 19th and the 20th century prisons treated their inmates as "slaves of the state.”

Experts weigh in on how historians of the future may assess President Trump's achievements after his first 100 days in office.