Driving the industry’s confrontations with racism and other forms of institutional discrimination are BIPOC and movement journalists, working in tandem with communities that have long been trivialized in the news.
July 17, 2020Washington DC has a very high incarceration rate and up to 4,500 people could be affected by the measure, included in emergency police reform legislation that passed the city council this week.
June 18, 2020Let us name the system: "racial capitalism."
April 1, 2020America has the highest incarceration rate of any nation, with almost 25 percent of the world’s prisoners. Statistically, nearly one in 100 Americans is doing time, and, according to the prison reform group, The Sentencing Project, “More than 60% of the people in prison are now racial and ethnic minorities. For Black males in their thirties, 1 in every 10 is in prison or jail on any given day. These trends have been intensified by ...
August 13, 2018A riveting film from Bill Moyers and team brings you face to face with what it's like to be incarcerated in the United States.
December 8, 2017Before he was a Supreme Court justice, Thurgood Marshall was a civil rights lawyer battling the same forces that confront our justice system today.
November 28, 2017Five out of six people behind bars awaiting trial are there simply because they can’t afford bail. Community bail funds offer a solution.
November 15, 2017Million Hoodies for Justice, a human rights organization set up following the death of Trayvon Martin, is resisting the Trump criminal justice agenda and organizing to build safe communities for everyone.
October 23, 2017Some of our favorite brands are using virtually free prison labor to produce their products and services. Guess who profits?- August 21, 2017A riveting new film from Bill Moyers and team brings you face to face with what it's like to be incarcerated in the United States.
