racism
Montgomery, Alabama: New lynching memorial evokes terror of victims
April 26, 2018The museum explores the eras of enslavement, lynching, Jim Crow to mass incarceration and modern criminal justice issues that are the focus of the Equal Justice Initiative's legal work. Several of the organization's clients are featured,...
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Supreme Court shows partisan split on Trump’s “Muslim ban”
April 26, 2018Remarks from oral arguments yesterday indicate GOP-named Justices are for Trump, Democratic-named ones against.
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Tribe’s mental illness safety course may deter police shootings
April 24, 2018Native persons are killed by police at a higher rate than other minorities.
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Racist voter suppression tilting elections in GOP’s favor
April 24, 2018This modern day 'poll tax' is a racist effort to prevent African-American and Latino voters from exercising their democratic rights and casting their ballots.
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Do black lives matter in Israel?
April 20, 2018The Israeli government is giving its 40,000 African refugees a choice: Take $3,500 and get out of the country or go to prison.
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