Sunshine Patriots and Fair Weather White Guys by nancy a heitzeg The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it NOW deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Thomas Paine, 1776 Where were the…
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Governor Brown signs AB 2530. SFGate: Brown also signed AB2530 by Assemblywoman Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, a bill that bars the state from shackling inmates who are pregnant or who are recovering from the delivery of a child. It prohibits the use of leg irons and waist chains, and bans…
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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. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm Will AB 2530 Unshackle Childbirth in California? –An interview…
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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. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm Reconsidering Hate: A Forum on the “Hate” Frame in…
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Senate Candidate Provokes Ire with ‘Legitimate Rape’ Comment In an effort to explain his stance on abortion, Representative Todd Akin, the Republican Senate nominee from Missouri, provoked ire across the political spectrum on Sunday by saying that in instances of what he called “legitimate rape,” women’s bodies somehow blocked an…
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New York Times: Shari Archibald’s black handbag sat at her feet on the sidewalk in front of her Bronx home on a recent summer night. The two male officers crouched over her leather bag and rooted around inside, elbow-deep. One officer fished out a tampon and then a sanitary napkin,…
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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. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm CST. The Age of Enmity? By Kay Whitlock Everything…
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Excellent piece from Charles Blow of NYT: There was one description of the president that truly seized me: “The metrosexual black Abe Lincoln has emerged as a hyper-partisan, hyper-liberal, elitist politician with more than a bit of the trimmer in him.” This sentence is just so deliciously ridiculous, insulting and…
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