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May 13, 20213 min read

Innocence and the Death Penalty

by Sophie Trist — In April of 2017, the state of Arkansas likely executed an innocent man. Recently-tested evidence from the 1993 murder...

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Apr 30, 20212 min read

On the Problem of AFRICOM

by Rana Irby — Much discussion on the U.S. military’s presence abroad in recent years has focused on the Middle East. What seems to not...

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Apr 28, 20212 min read

Racial Disparities in the Death Penalty

by Julia Smucker — In 1998, the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) released an extensive report demonstrating “the infectious...

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Apr 26, 20213 min read

Traffic Stops and Police Brutality: Reflecting on the Death of Daunte Wright

by Katherine Noble — Daunte Wright was shot and killed on Sunday, April 11th, by a Minnesota police officer. Wright was a father of a...

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Apr 2, 20213 min read

"Time": A Documentary That Rehumanizes Mass Incarceration

by Sophie Trist — Garrett Bradley’s 81-minute documentary Time, available on Amazon Prime, tells the story of New Orleans prison...

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Mar 17, 20212 min read

How to Rehumanize After a Mass Shooting

Editor’s note: On Tuesday, March 16, 2021, eight people were killed by 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long at three massage parlors in the...

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Mar 15, 20213 min read

Police Reform Legislation: A First Step to Dismantling Systemic Racism

by Sophie Trist — Six months ago, George Floyd’s brutal murder at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin ripped open old...

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Feb 26, 20214 min read

"13th" Shines a Light on the Lasting Effects of Slavery

by Christy Yao — Editor's note: citations for the statistics referenced in this article can be found in the documentary 13th. — 13th is a...

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Feb 18, 20213 min read

Dr. Catherine Meeks: Standing for the Inherent Dignity of All

by Rana Irby — As we in the U.S. celebrate the contributions of Black people in our country for Black History Month this February, it is...

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Feb 15, 20214 min read

Racism and Abortion: Black Leaders Speak

by Julia Smucker — The abortion industry has often denied its historic ties to the eugenics movement, but many Black leaders have been...

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Feb 9, 20214 min read

The Rich Historical Tradition of Black Anti-Death Penalty Activism

by Sophie Trist — From anti-slavery abolitionism to today, Black activists have played a central role in the fight to end capital...

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Jan 20, 20214 min read

Justice in the Biden-Harris Administration

by Katherine Noble — Our nation spent the better part of this summer in upheaval. Protests became a daily part of life as people took to...

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Jan 19, 20213 min read

MLK Day

by Reynaldo Guevara — Something I realized in adulthood: in school, they taught us racism in history class. I grew up assuming it had...

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Jan 18, 20213 min read

"Who Built the Cages?": Immigration Under Biden

by Mikhayla Stover — Her name was Mariee Juárez. Mariee and her mother Yazmin were forced to flee Guatemala in 2018. At the time, Mariee...

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Jan 7, 20214 min read

The Attack on the U.S. Capitol

by Vanesa Zuleta Goldberg — Yesterday we witnessed a domestic terrorist attack on our nation's capital. A mob of Trump supporters...

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Oct 25, 20203 min read

Ballot Initiatives to Look Out For This November

by Christy Yao — An essential part of our democracy is the people getting to vote on particularly important or controversial issues. This...

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Sep 1, 20203 min read

All Black Lives Matter

In the wake of George Floyd's murder, protests and outrage swept the nation.

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Aug 27, 20202 min read

Justice For Dannielle Brown and Her Son

by Liz P. — Marquis Jaylen “JB” Brown was a star student-athlete at Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit, a Catholic university in...

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Jun 30, 20202 min read

Michael Hickson's Life Mattered

by Herb Geraghty — Earlier this month Michael Hickson, a disabled black man, was killed in a Texas hospital when his doctors decided that...

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Jun 28, 20204 min read

The Perils of Cherry-Picked Statistics

There have been a lot of videos and comments on social media lately offering varying opinions on subjects like racism, police brutality...

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