Harlem Riverside Church hosts discussion on “The New Jim Crow”
In a sign that one prominent faith organization is confronting the Incarceration Nation dilemma, Harlem Riverside Church will be hosting a roundtable with Michelle Alexander, Tina Reynolds (Women on...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Freedom: Is This the New Swing Vote?
A coalition of seventeen organizations have recently embarked on a revolutionary voter registration drive, and what better place to be revolutionary than Philadelphia? The Returning Citizens Voter...
View ArticleCan We Take The Civil RIghts Era OFF The Postage Stamps?
Stamps are reserved for history, for settled matters. You know Malcolm X has been officially stationed when he appeared on your stationary. But that troubled era appears more revisited with every...
View ArticleNew Report on Public Housing: “Communities, Evictions, and Criminal...
I first encountered this public housing issue over a decade ago while living in Rhode Island, and finally began legal research while in New York City last summer. It is national in scope, and much of...
View ArticleStill Marching: 50 Years Later
I like to believe that more Americans believe in the concept of equal justice today than in 1963. The 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington will evoke different thoughts from different people,...
View ArticleWhat if we all had a Ferguson prosecutor?
Every indicted person in St. Louis county should file a motion to dismiss their charges, citing "Equal Protection," because they want the same grand jury treatment that Darren Wilson received from...
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