New York Times editorial board praises Louisiana’s criminal justice reform
The New York Times editorial board Wednesday (July 19) praised Gov. John Bel Edwards and the Louisiana Legislature‘s decision to pass new laws to reduce its prison…
Prison Industrial Complex
Louisiana Moves To Reduce Mass Incarceration
There has been some good news from Louisiana in recent weeks. As if the removal of Confederate monuments by New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu (D) was…
Jeff Sessions Kicks Off New War On Black Lives
Jeff Sessions coming to Memphis to gin up support for his tough-on-crime directive was no accident. The majority of the residents of Memphis are black. I…
Rene Lima-Martin: Court Error Orders Free Man Back to Prison for 98yrs After Serving a 10yr Sentence
I ran into a story that I believe to be one of the most egregious injustices in recent memory. Over at The Root, they’re reporting…
Fake Sign Language Interpreter Admitted to Mental Health Facility
Lost in the conversation of the fake sign language interpreter story at the Nelson Mandela memorial last week is the fact that the butt of…
Mass Incarceration and Criminal Justice: From the Plantation to the Bing
You ain’t gotta be locked up to be in prison / Look how we livin’ / 30,000 niggas a day up in the bing, standin…
New Orleans Parish Prison: Possibly the Worst Prison in America
Alright, like me, you might want to make a mental note. I don’t know whether you live in Louisiana or plan to visit anytime soon.…
Lupe Fiaso, Kicks & Pushes
Of course people would argue that Lupe Fiasco’s tearful interview explaining the continual violence, gross disenfranchisement and hopelessness in his hometown of West Side Chicago…
Post-Racial Update: Blacks Receive 60% Longer Criminal Sentences than Whites
Well, I guess someone saw it fit to actually spend money to conduct a study to tell us something that we already know. Excuse me,…
Should Black Folks Care About White Men & Wall Street?
With so much going on around the world one can definitely point back to this time in history as an example of how human rights and equality…