Over the past several years, dozens of counties in the U.S. have elected prosecutors who campaigned on criminal justice reform. These so-called “progressive prosecutors” argued that pursuing the ...

In just a few years, the progressive prosecutor movement, which has taken a more lenient approach to criminal prosecution, has managed to gain some noteworthy victories, capturing district attorneys ...

Progressive groups fanned across the western San Fernando Valley to knock on doors and sway voters during the last competitive Los Angeles City Council race in this pocket of L.A. Their candidate, a ...

The "progressive DA" movement survived the midterms — and attacks by Republican candidates at the state level. But it's having trouble expanding it's appeal beyond liberal enclaves. There's a movement ...

Joaquin Ciria knows firsthand the power of the so-called progressive prosecutor movement, which seeks to make the US criminal legal system less harsh and more ethical. In 1991, he was convicted of ...

U.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia was accused Thursday of “abandoning the progressive movement” by “copying and pasting” Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s failed plan to deliver Chicago from violent crime. Mayoral ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson on Thursday delivered a pointed warning to fellow progressive Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City. Speaking on WBEZ Reset, Johnson answered a ...