Feds Remind Judges To Stop Trampling On Rights of Poor, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Tony Messenger (May 3, 2023)
How—and Why—America Criminalizes Poverty, Excerpt from Profit and Punishment, Tony Messenger (2021)
Veteran Who Spurred Historic Missouri Debtors Prison Ruling Finds Himself Back Behind Bars, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Tony Messenger (February 5, 2020)
Who Holds Key to Jailhouse Doors in Missouri's Debtors' Prisons , St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Tony Messenger (April 12, 2019)
A Happy Ending for St. Louis woman who faced Six Months in Rural Jail Over Speeding Ticket, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Tony Messenger (January 27, 2019)
In North St. Louis County the Court and Poverty Intertwine, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Tony Messenger (May 29, 2017)
Ferguson Judge Holds Vet’s Reputation in Her Hands, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Tony Messenger (September 16, 2016)
From Protests To Progress, St. Louis Post Dispatch, Editorial Board ( May 6 2015) - Tony Messenger as Editorial Board member