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Linn Washington
Wrong On Weed – Blacks And Marijuana Myths
22 Apr 2020
Black state lawmakers helped scuttle efforts to legalize marijuana in the Garden State and Black preachers have been huge impediments to legalization.
Fair & Just Prosecution
Joint Statement From Elected Prosecutors on COVID-19 and Addressing the Rights and Needs of Those in Custody
25 Mar 2020
Overcrowded jail, prison and immigration detention facilities force people together in close quarters without access to proper hygiene or medical care.
Jeff Bryant
How Corporations Are Forcing Their Way Into America’s Public Schools
19 Feb 2020
Public school students are being “trained” for jobs at specific corporations rather than educated for a lifetime in a changing world.
Jessica Corbett
Demanding an End to 'Modern Day Slavery,' Prisoners Launch Multi-Day Nationwide Strike
29 Aug 2018
At root, striking prisoners demand they be treated as human beings; the rest of their demands flow logically from recognition of their humanity.
Leslie Mac
Family Separation Through Prison and Policing Should Also Outrage Us
27 Jun 2018
“This country continues to routinely separate children from their parents and has done so well before this current border crisis.”
by Supporters of Herman Bell and Parole Justice New York
Support Herman Bell: Four Things You Can Do Right Now!
28 Mar 2018
“At 70 years old and after 45 years inside, it is time for Herman to come home.”
Chris Hedges
Legalizing Tyranny
07 Mar 2018
“The carcel state is a subculture unto itself, with an $81 billion budget and tremendous political clout.”
Dylan Rodríguez
“Mass Incarceration” Reform as Police Endorsement
28 Feb 2018
“The reform of mass incarceration, as it has been absorbed by the cultural ensemble of the state and its distensions, endorses an expansion of policing logics.
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
The Black Panthers Didn’t Fight Symbols
13 Sep 2017
“Johnny Reb’s footprint on the landscape is tiny compared to the 5,000 state and federal prisons and jails that crater the nation.”