Race, ethnicity, and policing
March 12, 2015
Last year, the killings of unarmed black men by white police officers—the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and the chokehold death of Eric Garner in New York City—sparked… READ MORE
Category: Law
Rebranding safe haven laws
March 5, 2015
—Laury Oaks Last week, the Republican-heavy Indiana House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill to enhance its safe haven law and voiced support for a newly marketed baby-saving product: the… READ MORE
Why grand jurors matter
November 26, 2014
—Andrew Guthrie Ferguson On Monday, at 9:00pm, the nation anxiously awaited the decision of twelve ordinary citizens. National and international media prepared to report on the collective efforts of the… READ MORE
Reducing incarceration rate begins with juvenile justice
October 30, 2014
—Simon I. Singer A large segment of the over 2 million people currently incarcerated in the United States entered the criminal justice system as adolescents. From the 1980s on, too… READ MORE
Not a monster: Society’s creation of men who use violence
September 13, 2014
—Hillary Potter The surveillance video footage released this week that depicts professional football player Ray Rice rendering Janay Rice unconscious with a single punch seems to have evoked a fairly… READ MORE
Trans*politics, solidarity, and ENDA
June 27, 2014
—Isaac West Having already declared June as LGBT Pride Month via a presidential proclamation, President Obama is prepared to further demonstrate his commitment to LGBT equality by signing an executive… READ MORE
What Freedom Summer means to me
June 26, 2014
—F. Michael Higginbotham “Summertime, and the livin’ is easy…” The famous line from the song “Summertime,” written by George and Ira Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess, captures… READ MORE
Fox News’ divisive race strategy
May 21, 2014
—Matthew W. Hughey and Gregory S. Parks Right-wing political figures have often defended the content of Fox News and other right-leaning media. A common ploy is the insinuation that the… READ MORE