Multiple groups have now urged President Biden to save the 40 people on federal death row before Trump returns to power.

It’s hard enough to make time to take care of ourselves as hard-working adults. And none of us do our best work when we are not the best versions of ourselves. So, we create time to take care of ...

When we relaunched The Appeal as a new nonprofit organization, we knew we legally needed a Board of Directors, but we were wary. We’d all had bad experiences with external boards that either abused or ...

In almost every newsroom, salaries are secretive, inequitable, and contentious. But it doesn’t have to be that way, particularly when you start a newsroom from scratch. At The Appeal, we built a ...

Nearly half of all American adults have had an immediate family member incarcerated. On any given day, nearly 2 million people, disproportionately Black and brown people, are detained in U.S. jails ...

The criminal legal system operates primarily at the local and state levels, so The Appeal takes a multi-local approach to our journalism, covering issues that impact local communities and elevating ...

We all know the feeling right before going on vacation: There are a million things to do and not enough time to do them, so you end up working overtime just to be able to take time off. Then, when you ...

As newsroom leaders, we often think a lot about how our organizations embody our values, yet we rarely expect the same from the contractors and external organizations we partner with. But thoughtfully ...

Journalists have asked us countless times to share more about how we’ve created a democratic, care-centered workplace—and how they can apply that to their newsrooms. We’ve put a lot of time, energy, ...

The federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday allowed portions of Idaho’s “abortion trafficking” ban to take effect. Now, Idaho may resume criminalizing adults who “harbor or transport” anyone ...

Gregory Sharkey spent 15 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Will Spokane, Washington's police and prosecutors be ...