A Football Stadium Becomes Ground Zero in the Fight Against the New Jim Crow, The Nation: A sit-in at the university president’s office; calls for their resignation; a packed, campus-wide meeting that resolves nothing and opens the door to further conflict. Such actions are notable enough on their own, but…
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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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The Nation: Watching ‘The House I Live In’ on Rikers Island On a rainy Friday in December, Eugene Jarecki took a small group of fellow filmmakers to a special screening of his acclaimed documentary, The House I Live In, in New York City. The film, a powerful indictment of the…
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From ThinkProgress: The New York Police Department last month arrested and detained in handcuffs a seven-year-old boy over accusations that he stole $5 from a fellow elementary school student four days earlier. The December 4 incident came to light after Wilson Reyes’ parents filed a $250 million lawsuit against the…
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New York Times/ see Slide Show That the world knows what a condemned person was served — indeed, that such information is often part of the narrative of the execution itself, posted on Web sites and in news articles from the prison — is what initially caught Professor Green’s attention……
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Excellent article in the American Journal of Public Health by Lynn M. Paltrow: IN HER BOOK THE NEW JIM Crow, Michelle Alexander argues that the system of mass incarceration in the United States, fueled by the war on drugs, operates in a seemingly color-blind, race-neutral way to create a new…
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2013 BPP Commemorative Calendars now available Historical photos and historical facts fill each page $15 each, 5 for $60, 10 for $100, + $2 per calendar for mailing Send check or money order to It’s About Time: Black Panther Legacy and Alumni PO BOX 221100, Sacramento, CA 95822 (12)
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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. “A Life Lived Deliberately” by Mumia Abu-Jamal, Graduation Speech…
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