Mass Incarceration

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

Redlining and the Many Effects of Slavery: Are You Willing to Act to Heal This Moral Injury?

By David J. Ragland Recent headlines reinforce how little progress has been made in terms of economic justice for African Americans. An exhaustive report by the Center for Investigative Journalism examined current redlining practices that fuel gentrification. Combing through over

February 26, 2019 No Comments

Redlining and the Many Effects of Slavery: Are You Willing to Act to Heal This Moral Injury?

By David J. Ragland Recent headlines reinforce how little progress has been made in terms of economic justice for African Americans. An exhaustive report by the Center for Investigative Journalism examined current redlining practices that fuel gentrification. Combing through over

February 26, 2019 No Comments

De incarceration different drum so needed

De-Incarceration, a Different Drum so Needed

Along with VCNV companions, I’m part of a 150 mile walk from Chicago to Thomson, IL, a small town in northwest Illinois where the U.S. Bureau of Prisons is setting up an Administrative Maximum prison, also known as a Supermax. Prison laborers

June 8, 2016 No Comments

Mass Incarceration

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

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

Redlining and the Many Effects of Slavery: Are You Willing to Act to Heal This Moral Injury?

Redlining and the Many Effects of Slavery: Are You Willing to Act to Heal This Moral Injury?

De-Incarceration, a Different Drum so Needed

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