Equal Justice Initiative
Report On Racism In Jury Selection Explains White Juries In Arbery, Rittenhouse Trials
Photos: Twitter In two of the biggest cases now occurring in the country–the Ahmaud Arbery murder trial, in Georgia; and the Kyle Rittenhouse murder ...
Pressley’s Push To End Federal Death Penalty Gaining Momentum
Photo: YouTube\Twitter Wednesday, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) announced that H.R. 262, the Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act of 2021, her bipartisan and bicameral legislation ...
Racial Terror Lynchings Were Not Just a Southern Outrage
Photo: Wikimedia Commons In the following piece, the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) makes the point that the lynchings of Black people happened not just ...
Innocence Project: Top Recommended Movies and Documentaries of 2020
Photo: HBO “Just Mercy,” starring Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx, is among the best movies and documentaries of 2020 that the Innocence Project ...
Veterans Day: Remembering Black Veterans Targeted for Racial Violence in U.S.
[Black Veterans & Racial Violence] EJI: “The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) has documented at least 35 military veterans who were victims of racial terror ...
Facebook Announces $200 Million Commitment to Support Black Businesses
[Facebook\Black Business] Today Facebook announced: A commitment of $200 million to support Black-owned businesses, Black creators and nonprofits supporting the Black community – building ...
Comcast Announces $100 Million Multiyear Plan to Advance Social Justice and Equality
Comcast CEO, Brian L. Roberts. Photo: Scott McLeod. Wikimedia Commons. Last Sunday, I wrote to you to express my outrage over the far ...
WHAT DOES MEMORIAL DAY REPRESENT FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS?
[Memorial Day] African-Americans are cited as having been the first to commemorate what would become Memorial Day, though it has now been fully co-opted ...
Stop Funneling Children Into Adult Criminal Justice System
Marian Wright Edelman. Pic www.makers.com Pope Francis after washing young inmates’ feet at the juvenile detention center where he chose to break tradition and ...
