The Wren Collective
Reimagining the Way Our Country Approaches the Criminal Legal System
The Wren Collective works to transform America’s approach to public safety, expose the weaponization of the legal system, and ensure every person has the chance to participate in civic society. For too long, those with power have exploited the criminal legal system to take away the rights of marginalized communities, people of color, immigrants, and increasingly, their political opponents.
Wren pushes for a world where everyone—not just those with money and power—can live healthy, safe, and dignified lives.
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The Resurgence of the Death Penalty
As recently as last year, the death penalty was in serious decline in the United States. Federal and state executions were at an all time low and public support for…
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In A Democracy, Dissent Is Not Terrorism
In this newsletter, we explore how the Trump administration and state leaders are criminalizing dissent by weaponizing the DOJ, ICE, and other law enforcement tools at their disposal. We highlight…
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The President’s Plan to Lock Everyone Up
Normally, our newsletters explore how states function as laboratories for authoritarian forms of government and the federal government’s utilization of those ideas in its own power grab. Today, we take…
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Our Future Is On The Ballot
One thing is certain about the redistricting battle now unfolding in Texas: the Texas GOP’s midterm effort to further eke out unfair advantage from the state’s already unfair congressional map…
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Using Criminal Prosecution to Manipulate the 2026 Election
Trump Attacks Elections by Targeting Election Officials In 2020, state and local election workers faced an unprecedented wave of hostility, threats, and violence because of Trump’s big lie about the presidential…
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The End of Accountability
“People die in ICE custody. People die in county jails. People die in state prisons.” That is how Border Czar Tom Homan responded to the death of Isidro Pérez in…
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Our Future Is On The Ballot
One thing is certain about the redistricting battle now unfolding in Texas: the Texas GOP’s midterm effort to further eke out unfair advantage from the state’s already unfair congressional map…
Full Article
Using Criminal Prosecution to Manipulate the 2026 Election
Trump Attacks Elections by Targeting Election Officials In 2020, state and local election workers faced an unprecedented wave of hostility, threats, and violence because of Trump’s big lie about the presidential…
Full Article
The End of Accountability
“People die in ICE custody. People die in county jails. People die in state prisons.” That is how Border Czar Tom Homan responded to the death of Isidro Pérez in…
Full Article