San Francisco, CA — The Last Mile, a prison rehabilitation program based in San Quentin, California, offers prisoners free training on how to code. This equips them with the training they need to get a job more easily once they are out of prison. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] “At The Last Mile, we are using technology to […]
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Jay-Z goes to bat for Mississippi prisoners and files federal lawsuit | NBC News
The rap mogul had warned Mississippi officials he was “prepared to pursue all potential avenues.” [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Rap mogul Jay-Z sued the head of the Mississippi Department of Corrections and the warden of the state penitentiary Tuesday on behalf of 29 prisoners who say the two officials have done nothing to stop the violence that […]
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Her Son Was Careful to Avoid Police Officers. Then He Was Killed by One. | The New York Times (2008)
He drove the speed limit. He kept his car in good repair. Instead of shorts or T-shirts, he wore Ralph Lauren dress shirts. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] For years before he was fatally shot by a Dallas police officer who says she mistook him for a burglar in his own home, Botham Shem Jean had gone out […]
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1,000 pot convictions tossed as Kim Foxx expunges records of marijuana busts | Chicago Sun Times
Foxx went to court Wednesday to vacate and expunge records of people caught up in the drug war — her first move to wipe the books clean after the state legalized recreational marijuana. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] More than 1,000 pot convictions will soon be off the books in Cook County. In a hearing Wednesday afternoon at […]
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Justice for Curtis Flowers | The New York Times
Delayed and incomplete, but still a triumph. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] First, a quick note about impeachment: More than 600 protests will be taking place around the country this evening. The goal is to voice outrage at President Trump’s behavior and show support for impeaching him. My colleague Michelle Goldberg writes about the planned events in her […]
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Freed from prison nine years ago, Brandon Flood is new secretary of Pa.’s pardon board | Will Bunch | The Philadelphia Inquirer
This column will probably come as something of a shock to all the people in Harrisburg who only know Brandon Flood – a bow-tied, bespectacled policy wonk with sartorial flair – as the persona that he laughingly calls “Urkel Brandon,” in a homage to one of TV’s most famous nerds. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Flood, now 36, […]
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‘I Got Tired of Hunting Black and Hispanic People’ | The New York Times
Multiple police officers in Brooklyn say they were told by a commander that white and Asian people should be left alone.
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Incarcerated People Can Do More than Beat Harvard in a Debate | Rolling Stone
“College Behind Bars,” a new PBS documentary executive-produced by Ken Burns, shines a light on a program that every major university in America should be sponsoring
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Court Stops Execution of Rodney Reed in Texas After Outcry | The New York Times
Mr. Reed had been scheduled to die on Wednesday. Celebrities, politicians and the state’s parole board had all argued for a reprieve.
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These Black Women Are Fighting For Justice In A World Of Biased Algorithms | Essence
In the latest #BlackWomenIn… we speak with some of the Black women engineers, professors and government experts who are on the front lines of the civil rights movement of our time.
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