Five years after the murder of George Floyd, the racial reckoning has come to an end, with corporations reneging on their pledges, and the Trump administration rolling back policies that were meant to address racial equity, leading to a potential increase in crime and police crackdowns.
Category: Criminal Justice
Posted inOpinion
A Dangerous Precedent: Criminalizing Black Women’s Leadership
Congresswoman LaMonica McIver was arrested and charged with assaulting law enforcement officers while conducting oversight of a federally operated immigration detention center, reflecting a dangerous precedent of criminalizing Black women’s leadership.
Posted inOpinion
Thriving, Not Surviving: The New Black Agenda
Black Lives Matter protests in 2020 energized demands for police accountability, support for Black-owned businesses, and addressing the black-white wage gap, but a long-term movement is needed to make lasting change, focusing on factors such as home and business ownership, income, education, gun violence, family structure, and healthy and clean environments.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Texas lawmakers are pushing harsher criminal penalties while prison and jail populations soar
Texas lawmakers are pushing over 100 bills to increase criminal penalties, which could lead to overcrowding of jails and prisons, and strain law enforcement resources.
Posted inNational
Understand Your Rights During Police Encounters
Parents of Black children in the U.S. prepare them for police interactions, due to historical distrust and racial bias in policing, which can lead to deadly consequences.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Profiting From Injustice: How the Prison Industrial Complex Exploits Black Communities for Big Business in 2025
The prison industrial complex continues to disproportionately impact Black communities in Houston, Texas, with Black men making up nearly half of the incarcerated population, despite making up only 19% of the city’s population.
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The Horror of Child Abuse in the Black Community
By Aswad Walker Black children compared to others are most likely to live in poverty, endure the least access to healthcare and experience over-policing. So, it’s heartbreaking to add that […]
Posted inNational
Biden’s Legacy Secured with Record-Setting Black Judicial Appointments
By Stacy M. Brown President Joe Biden’s commitment to diversifying the federal judiciary has culminated in a historic achievement: appointing 40 Black women to lifetime judgeships, the most of any […]
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The Death Penalty Is a Racial Justice Issue
Although imperfect, history can be a powerful guide as we strive to improve, whether individually or collectively. Our nation’s history of lynching is one example of the many lessons that […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Activists to Biden: Commute All Death Sentences
The facts speak for themselves: Black people make up just 13% of the U.S. population, yet they make up nearly 40% of all death row inmates in federal prison. During […]