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.
Category: Criminal Justice
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Black Lives Mattered. Then America Moved On
It’s official: Black lives don’t matter any more, if they ever truly did. Four years ago, a white man suffocated George Floyd, a Black man, to death on a gritty […]
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Ken Paxton Sues Dallas…Again
Ken Paxton, the Attorney General of Texas, has criticized Dallas for its intention to enforce Proposition R, which would ban the citation and arrest of citizens carrying less than four ounces of marijuana, while the state has reclassified fentanyl overdoses as “poisonings” and the deaths as “murder” under HB6.
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As ‘Struggle Endures,’ Dr. Aafia Siddiqui Perseveres Toward Clemency
In 1990, neurosurgeon Muhammad Salay Siddiqui and Islamic teacher Ismet Siddiqui were proud parents living in Karachi, Pakistan. Their life was comfortable. The Siddiquis were upper-middle class and relatively privileged. […]
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Following One Year into DART Contract with Inter-Con Security, Arrests Associated with Unhoused Demographic Spike
Last year, DART employed 100 transit officers from Inter-Con Security to fill ranks patrolling its stations and trains. However, the change in police staff has coincided with an increase in […]
