Justice
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In November, Norton met with Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Director Kathleen Hawk Sawyer to ensure BOP would apply the reforms equally... Norton maintains that D.C. inmates now…
Last month, district courts blocked the Trump administration’s rule that attempted to deny green cards to immigrants who fail to meet tough income tests or use public programs.…
Photo: West Midlands Police. Wikimedia Commons. On November 6, 17-year-old Da’Qwan Jones-Morris, a former Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom Schools® scholar from St. Paul, Minnesota, was killed when…
Photo: Lorie Shaull. Flickr Rep. Ilhan Omar summed it best this way while introducing the Homes for All Act, which expands public housing stock and guarantees housing as…
Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby: “These three men were convicted, as children, because of police and prosecutorial misconduct. What the state, my office, did to them is wrong.…
Martin Luther King, Jr. Photo: Library of Congress. This is how President Abraham Lincoln put it in 1863: "I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part…
Bryce Benjet, Mr. Reed’s Innocence Project attorney: "We are thankful that the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles have unanimously voted for a 120-day reprieve (before an indefinite…
Senator Harris: “Just one year after the end of the Civil War, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866 to remove barriers to contracting and Black economic…
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley: “You cannot have a government for and by the people if it is not represented by all of the people. For far too long, those…
The Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (CAARPR) has called together over 120 organizations from across the country who will assemble at the Chicago Teachers Union Hall…
