by lindaoppenheim | Oct 25, 2015 | Article
New York Times reporters, Sharon LaFraniere and Andrew W. Lehren, analyze years worth of data about traffic stops to document the racial disparity in administration of justice and how some towns are trying to remedy the injustice.
by lindaoppenheim | Aug 26, 2015 | Events
Readers of this blog are passionate about social issues such as racial equality and relations, white privilege, incarceration policies and the New Jim Crow, gender issues, equality in education, and bullying. Here is our chance to tell our personal stories and make an...
by lindaoppenheim | Jul 30, 2015 | Article, Video
“A lot of white people are truly shocked by what these videos depict; I know very few African-Americans who are surprised,” said Paul D. Butler, a law professor at Georgetown University and a former prosecutor.
by lindaoppenheim | Jul 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
In an interview after receiving the American Library Association’s Carnegie Medal for Nonfiction, Bryan Stevenson, executive director for the Equal Justice Initiative, stated, “I don’t believe the great evil of American slavery was involuntary servitude,...
by lindaoppenheim | Mar 26, 2015 | Documents, Opinion
The March 26, 2015 New York Times editorial discusses the recently released Department of Justice report about Philadelphia police practices and urges implementation of the recommendations. Charles Blow’s column about the same report focuses on “which of...
