Part of the legal team representing Johnson in her application for clemency. She is a human rights researcher with the American Civil Liberties Union, author of the ACLU report titled “A Living Death: Life Without Parole for Nonviolent Offenses.”
Special guests Angela Davis, Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, Michael Stipe and more came together to celebrate 30 years of Democracy Now! at a sold out Riverside Church event in NYC on March 23, 2026.