Jim Crow

Voter suppression, 21st century, Georgia style

Embed from Getty Images Max Hess, former Interim Executive Director of FOR-USA, is an Atlanta-based attorney who has been involved in peace and justice causes for decades. In the Q&A that follows, he recounts his experience trying and failing to

December 24, 2020 No Comments

Restoring Voting Rights for People with Felony Convictions Is Essential to Reparations

The most critical reparation issue is certainly financial, but I have been working this legislative session on the restoration of voting rights for those with felony convictions here in Washington state. Although we decided not to explicitly include restoration language

February 28, 2019 No Comments

Restoring Voting Rights for People with Felony Convictions Is Essential to Reparations

The most critical reparation issue is certainly financial, but I have been working this legislative session on the restoration of voting rights for those with felony convictions here in Washington state. Although we decided not to explicitly include restoration language

February 28, 2019 No Comments

The Midpoint Between Truth and Reconciliation Is Reparations

Over the past two years, the article that has come up most frequently in my Facebook feed describes how a report submitted to the U.N. Council on Human Rights has argued that the United States should begin “reparatory justice” processes

February 21, 2019 No Comments

Jim Crow

Voter suppression, 21st century, Georgia style

Restoring Voting Rights for People with Felony Convictions Is Essential to Reparations

Restoring Voting Rights for People with Felony Convictions Is Essential to Reparations

The Midpoint Between Truth and Reconciliation Is Reparations

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