† 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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Eyes on the Prize (VI) — Bridge to Freedom, 1965 From the Archives: Where’s the Spirit of Selma Now? by Gay Talese Fifty Years After Bloody Sunday in Selma, Everything and Nothing Has Changed, The Nation SHELBY COUNTY, ALABAMA v. HOLDER, ATTORNEY GENERAL, et al. No. 12-96. Argued February 27, 2013–Decided June…
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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, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at…
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FASCISM ANYONE? THE 14 DEFINING CHARACTERISTICS OF FASCISM by Laurence W. Britt Originally published in the Spring 2003 edition of Free Inquiry Magazine (19)
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From Scotus Blog: FURTHER UPDATE 4:35 p.m. The text of the motion to intervene in the San Antonio redistricting case is here. The legal complaint of the U.S. as intervenor is here. The text of the new lawsuit against the Texas voter ID law is here. ————– The Justice Department…
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U.S. Asks Court to Limit Texas on Ballot Rules The Obama administration on Thursday moved to protect minority voters after last month’s Supreme Court ruling striking down a central part of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, with the Justice Department asking a court to require Texas to get permission…
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Moral Mondays protest in North Carolina. Photographer: Eric Etheridge. From The Nation: North Carolina was long regarded as one of the most progressive Southern states—an island of moderation amid a sea of conservatism. But since Republicans took over the state legislature in 2010 and the governorship in 2012—putting the GOP…
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From Southern Studies: n May, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell announced a historic win for voting rights: the automatic restoration of those rights for former nonviolent felony offenders on an individualized basis. It was a few steps short of what voting rights advocates have been calling for, which is full automatic…
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