New Jim Crow

CI: The Time Has Come

nancy a heitzeg / May 21, 2014

† 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…

Brown at 60: “Great Progress, a Long Retreat and an Uncertain Future”

nancy a heitzeg / May 17, 2014

Brown at 60: Great Progress, a Long Retreat and an Uncertain Future Authors: Gary Orfield and Erica Frankenberg, with Jongyeon Ee and John Kuscera UCLA’s Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles, May 15, 2014 “Brown was a major accomplishment and we should rightfully be proud. But a real celebration should also…

CI: Albert Woodfox Speaks to the Experts

nancy a heitzeg / May 7, 2014

† 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…

Revelations: Black Power Salute

nancy a heitzeg / April 27, 2014

The Explosive 1968 Olympics, International Socialist Review Dr. Harry Edwards: Rebel With A Cause, Bleacher Report 1968: Black athletes make silent protest, BBC (9)

CI: The Fallacy of Right-Wing Appeals to Race in Criminal Justice Reform

nancy a heitzeg / April 23, 2014

† 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…

CI: Razor Wire, Prison Cells, and Black Panther Robert H. King’s Life of Resistance –An Angola 3 News interview with filmmaker Ron Harpelle

nancy a heitzeg / April 9, 2014

† 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…

CI: The Perils of Criminal Justice “Reform”/The Promise of Abolition

nancy a heitzeg / March 12, 2014

† 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…

CI: Beyond the Pessimism of Certainty

nancy a heitzeg / February 19, 2014

† 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…