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Bringing Down the New Jim Crow
Inspired by Michelle Alexander's groundbreaking book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, this radio documentary series explores and gives voice to the continuing struggle for racial justice in the United States during the era of mass incarceration.
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Will Altering the 13th Amendment Bring Liberation to the Incarcerated 2.3 Million?
Building a movement to abolish the exclusion clause would be a major step in changing public attitudes about incarcerated people.
“Repair the Damage From the Drug War”: Susan Burton on a New Way of Life to End Mass Incarceration
Two leading voices in the fight against mass incarceration: Michelle Alexander and Susan Burton discuss Jeff Sessions and the war on drugs.
Jails: Time to Wake Up to Mass Incarceration in Your Neighborhood
Jails admit nearly 12 million people every year. Yet they are largely off the radar of critics of mass incarceration.
Some Thoughts on Mercy: An Essay on Race and Redemption
A journey into the world of racial hurt, degradation and separateness holds out the fragile possibility of redemption.
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Hands Up! Don’t Shoot! Death and Visibility in Black America
Black “innocence” always has to be proven and depends on attaining a “respectability” defined by white mores and the white gaze.
American Hustle: Ignoring Poverty In the US
This American Hustle allows politicians, the media, and the public to wash their collective hands of actually doing anything except demanding that the lazy poor step up to the …
Movement Building and Challenging Mass Incarceration
While any effort to stop mass incarceration must be expansive in scope and size, it ultimately has to be accessible to those directly affected.
How I Called the Cops and Almost Got Shot: the Politics of Being a “Threat”
Judicial and legislative victories against stop-and-frisk practices do not address how individual fears harden into iron bars of segregation.
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Education Reform in the New Jim Crow Era
What do the war on drugs and market-oriented education reform have in common?
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American Justice: Marijuana Convicts Scarred While BP Execs Untouched
While young black males are disenfranchised for life for dealing modest amounts of weed, BP can expect to be back to business as usual despite its horrific crimes.