Perspective: It’s Time to Take a Clearer Look at Bail Reform
In the raucous debate over bail reform, simple facts have fallen out of sight.
Bryce Covert · May 9, 2022

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has called for rollbacks of bail reform to keep people who are clearly a danger to others off the street. | Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office

Bryce Covert is a contributing writer at The Nation, and her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Time Magazine, the… more
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