As a new monitor steps in, the judge who issued the landmark 2013 ruling says she’s surprised the saga is still dragging on, with some reforms still unrealized.
By Greg B. Smith, THE CITY More than eight years ago, then-Manhattan U.S. District Court Judge Shira Scheindlin issued a landmark order ruling that the NYPD was routinely violating the civil rights of Black and Hispanic New Yorkers through its institutionalized overuse of stopping and frisking citizens for no apparent reason other than their race […]
Wanda Cooper-Jones, mother of Ahmaud Arbery addresses pastors and supporters during Wall of Prayer event held outside of the Glynn County Courthouse. – Brunswick, GA USA – November 18 2021 (Shutterstock) By Barbara Harris Combs, The Conversation The idea of community and who belongs and who does not was a common theme in the Jan. […]
Martin Luther King Memorial in Washington DC. (Shutterstock) By Joshua F.J. Inwood, The Conversation More than 50 years after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., the United States remains divided by issues of race and racism, economic inequality as well as unequal access to justice. These issues are stopping the country from developing into […]
By Vicki Crawford, The Conversation An avid reader King read voraciously across a wide range of topics, everything from the “The Diary of Anne Frank” to “Candide.” Of course, he also read about theology and religion and philosophy and politics. But he especially enjoyed literature and the works of Leo Tolstoy. The Morehouse College Martin […]
Various activists groups marched demanding climate and racial justice. – New York City, New York/USA September 20, 2020 (Shutterstock) December 28, 2021 – NEW YORK – The New York City Racial Justice Commission, the first of its kind in the nation, formed by Mayor Bill de Blasio, today marched from Foley Square to the Office of […]
By Civil Rights Last month marked 35 years since President Ronald Reagan signed into law the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986, which established a racially discriminatory 100:1 sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine. As a result of this legislation, for example, possession of 5 grams of crack cocaine, which was disproportionately consumed by African […]
Three white men were accused of killing the 25-year-old Black man.
Protestors gather at the demonstration for Ahmaud Arbery organized by the NAACP of Georgia at the Glynn County Cort House. – Brunswick, GA USA May 8, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Bill Hutchinson, ABC News A Georgia jury convicted three white men of murder on Wednesday in the death of Ahmaud Arbery, 18 months after the 25-year-old […]
The jury in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial has found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty on all counts. Demonstrators have gathered throughout the trial at the courthouse. – Kenosha, Wisconsin – November 19, 2021 (Shutterstock) By Ronald Sullivan, The Conversation In a two-week trial that reignited debate over self-defense laws across the nation, a Wisconsin jury acquitted […]
By Kriston McIntosh, Emily Moss, Ryan Nunn, and Jay Shambaugh, Brookings A close examination of wealth in the U.S. finds evidence of staggering racial disparities. At $171,000, the net worth of a typical white family is nearly ten times greater than that of a Black family ($17,150) in 2016. Gaps in wealth between Black and […]
The Senate has a stark choice: voting rights or obstruction.
By Michael Waldman, Brennan Center With the addition of Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) as co-sponsors, a majority of the Senate now supports the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. Similarly, a majority supports, and has voted for, the Freedom to Vote Act, which would establish national standards on voting, redistricting, […]
