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Bringing Down the New Jim Crow

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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.
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James Kilgore,
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August 5, 2017
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Interview
Environment & Health

“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.
by
Juan González &
Amy Goodman,
Democracy Now!
May 19, 2017
Truthout
News Analysis

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.
by
James Kilgore,
Truthout
March 4, 2015
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News
Human Rights

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.
by
Ross Gay &
Chris Moore-Backman,
Truthout
February 15, 2015
Truthout
Op-Ed

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.
by
Nicholas Powers,
Truthout
September 25, 2014
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Op-Ed
Education & Youth

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…
by
Paul Thomas,
The Becoming Radical
March 14, 2014
Truthout
Op-Ed
Prisons & Policing

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.
by
Raj Jayadev,
Equal Voice
March 7, 2014
Truthout
Op-Ed
Prisons & Policing

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.
by
Arun Gupta,
Truthout
September 10, 2013
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Op-Ed

Education Reform in the New Jim Crow Era

What do the war on drugs and market-oriented education reform have in common?
by
P.L. Thomas,
Truthout
May 17, 2013
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Op-Ed

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.
by
Paul Street,
Truthout
December 4, 2012
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