† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, and author of The School-to- Prison Pipeline: Education, Discipline and Racialized Double Standards, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer…
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The Triumph and Tragedy of Barbaro’s Fateful Triple Crown Run, 10 Years Later How We Failed Barbaro By Laura Hillenbrand May 31, 2006 “Oxford Prince died in front of me, a breath before the finish line at Timonium, some 25 years ago. His leg had broken, sending him into a…
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† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, and author of The School-to- Prison Pipeline: Education, Discipline and Racialized Double Standards, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer…
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Obama Commutes Sentences of 46 Federal Prisoners, But What About Leonard Peltier? Indian Country Today In response to a long list of violations by the United States, in the winter of 1973, AIM took up arms against the U.S. and made their stand at Wounded Knee – the massacre site…
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Canada wildfire could double in size as mass evacuations continue “Unseasonably hot temperatures, extremely dry conditions and winds of up to 70km/h (44 mph) helped fuel the fire’s spectacular growth to 101,000 hectares – an area more than 10 times the size of Manhattan, and up from just 10,000…
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Polls, punditry, and prognostications regarding the likely outcomes of Election 2016 aside, many formal and informal varieties of voter suppression and restriction may finally be the determining variable.
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Father Daniel Berrigan, Anti-War Activist & Poet, Dies at 94 “The legendary anti-war priest Father Daniel Berrigan died today at 94. He was a poet, pacifist, educator, social activist, playwright and lifelong resister to what he called “American military imperialism.” Along with his late brother, Phil, Dan Berrigan played an…
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We have to ask – again — if “reforms” really reduces the scope of the prison nation or if they are merely more smoke and mirrors.
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