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Michelle Alexander
A New Way of Life and the New Underground Railroad: Making a Break for Freedom During the Era of Mass Incarceration
There's a new underground railroad for people returning home from prison.
A Bitter Harvest: California, Marijuana and the New Jim Crow
California's marijuana industry is directly tied to the racial injustices of the system of mass incarceration. Michelle Alexander, a young farmer and two prominent activists talk about how and …
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.
Michelle Alexander on Bill Moyers: Locked Out of the American Dream
Michelle Alexander has traveled the country to meet advocates and everyday Americans working to end mass incarceration in America
Michelle Alexander: “Zimmerman Mindset” Endangers Young Black Lives with Poverty, Prison and Murder
Alexander says the biases that led to Martinu2019s death and let his killer go free are deeply embedded in U.S. society and in the criminal justice system itself.
Schools and the New Jim Crow: An Interview With Michelle Alexander
How is mass incarceration affecting young people of color? Author Michelle Alexander helps explain.
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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?
Noam Chomsky: Smoke and Mirrors, or Civil Liberties Under President Obama
In this ultimately hopeful conversation, Noam Chomsky talks about civil liberties from the Magna Carta to NDAA.
Widespread Use of Plea Bargains Plays Major Role in Mass Incarceration
Plea bargaining has become historically ubiquitous as the principal, if not primary, method of criminal case disposition in the US.
Michelle Alexander on the Irrational Race Bias of the Criminal Justice and Prison Systems
Michelle Alexander: Yes, I do believe that something akin to a racial caste system is alive and well in America.