The Criminal Justice System Is Racist by Design
Learn how a few modest reforms to the criminal justice system attempts to fix a system that is historically racist by design...
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Yale Black Law Students Speak Out on Their Outrage in Ferguson Decision
Student leaders from Yale Law School's Black Law Association pen a statement expressing their outrage about the Ferguson decision...
UPDATE: Trayvon Martin’s Family Seeks Justice
News of the killing of an unarmed 17-year-old Florida high school student has garnered national attention after the 911 tapes were released last Friday. Trayvon...
Are There Really More Blacks In Prison Than Were In Slavery?
Author Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness cites statistics that claim there are more incarcerated African Americans today...
Why Twitter Couldn’t Save Troy Davis
I cared about Troy Davis—not just him, but the millions of others like him behind bars, including the more than 3,000 on death row. I...