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Category Archives: Criminal Justice
Ending ‘Stop and Frisk” in New York City
Two advocates with the NAACP have an op-ed in Huffington Post today encouraging people to support the organization’s efforts alongside the National Action Network to end New York City’s policy of “stop and frisk”, which disproportionately affects Black and Latino men. Continue reading
Posted in Criminal Justice
Tagged criminal justice, discrimination, racial profiling, stop and frisk
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Wouldn’t You Want to Call Your Mom on Mother’s Day?
Mother’s Day is a time to cherish the special connections in our families. Yet for the over 2 million people in our prison system, those connections are only maintained through a phone. Making calls from prison are expensive and up to … Continue reading
Michelle Alexander Talks Ending the War on Drugs on the Colbert Report
Civil rights advocate Michelle Alexander was on the Colbert Report last night to talk about her book, “The New Jim Crow.” Continue reading
Posted in Criminal Justice, Humor and Satire
Tagged criminal justice, discrimination, inequality, low-income people, racism, War on Drugs
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Background Checks Limit Employment Opportunity
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is on a roll. The same week that it issued hiring protection for gender non-conforming individuals, it updated guidance on criminal background checks that had not been revisited for 25 years. Under the new … Continue reading
Remembering Trayvon Martin, Rallying against “Kill at Will” Laws
By Wally McElwain, a Spring 2012 Leadership Conference intern Neighborhood watch volunteer turned vigilante, George Zimmerman, appeared in court today on a second-degree murder charge in the death of Trayvon Martin. But what took so long, and what gave Zimmerman … Continue reading
Does NYPD’s “Stop and Frisk” Keep Us Safe or Terrorize Minorities?
By Wally McElwain, a Spring 2012 intern In recent decades, the New York Police Department (NYPD) has not been afraid to take drastic and controversial steps for the stated purpose of stopping crime. New York City suffered greatly during the … Continue reading
NYPD Shoots and Kills Unarmed Man, ctd
Video of the NYPD trying to break into Ramarley Graham’s home. Continue reading
