Category : Lifestyle

Critical Race Theory Is Jim Crow Repackaged

newsmax.com - Will Jim Crow 2.0 and its Marxist heritage be allowed to make a come-back?Tweeted by @PcolaBucsfan https://twitter.com/PcolaBucsfan/status/1640771761359683585

Tell Me the Difference Between Jim Crow and Immigration Restrictions

econlib.org - Under the Jim Crow laws, discrimination was not merely legal. It was mandatory. It was illegal for blacks to live, work, and shop in certain places. Virtually everyone today regards this as an enormo…Tweeted by @RepealTCPA1947 https://t...

UK government and royals called on to investigate slavery links after Guardian apology

theguardian.com - UN experts lead calls for public and private bodies to take steps toward restorative justiceTweeted by @DGBAMCH57 https://twitter.com/DGBAMCH57/status/1641024579240968199

California reparations taskforce increases demands to $800BN

dailymail.co.uk - Black Californians are owed $800 billion for reparations due to generations of over-policing, disproportionate incarceration and housing discrimination, according to economists.Tweeted by @CeeTee72 https://twitter.com/CeeTee72/statu...

New report reveals the ACT's prison system is 'screaming out for reform'

the-riotact.com - A new report released by the Justice Reform Initiative has highlighted the urgent need for a shift in the ACT's…Tweeted by @solitary_org https://twitter.com/solitary_org/status/1641002730977148929

Major funding boost for victim services as local criminal justice scorecards published

gov.uk - Vital support services for victims of crime will be boosted by more than £440 million over the next three years.Tweeted by @JenKteach https://twitter.com/JenKteach/status/1640857801399365635

To Reduce Unnecessary Incarceration, Focus on Public Safety and Prison Reduction

brennancenter.org - A new bill — the Public Safety and Prison Reduction Act — would let Congress help states break the cycle of excessive imprisonment and its devastating impact on families and communities.Tweeted by @BrennanCenter https://twitter.co...

Monthly Review | Indonesia 1965, Half a Century Later

monthlyreview.org - In The Killing Season: A History of the Indonesian Massacres, 1965–66, Geoffrey B. Robinson offers the most comprehensive history of Indonesia'Tweeted by @paul_chislett https://twitter.com/paul_chislett/status/1641193561533083648

American Freedmen; reparations task force meeting talking points

thefreedmensbureau.org - (this post is catered to the CA state reparations task force that is prepared to make recommendation to the state in the summer of 2023. Talking points can be used for other local & state task forces…Tweeted by @the_freedmen1...

Trump Is Considering Clemency for Silk Road Founder

thedailybeast.com - Two sources tell The Daily Beast that the president has expressed sympathy for the situation of Ross Ulbricht, who is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole.Tweeted by @ArbaughLalehan https://twitter.com/Arbaugh...

Revisiting the Brock Turner Case

newyorker.com - In the midst of the #MeToo movement, California voters recalled a judge for being lenient on sexual assault. As a new documentary argues, that recall campaign had unintended results.Tweeted by @JonnyAuping https://twitter.com/JonnyAup...

House panel approves bill granting pregnant prisoners maternal rights

floridapolitics.com - 'Let's give that baby an opportunity to be born on the outside.'Tweeted by @Fla_Pol https://twitter.com/Fla_Pol/status/1641128074241622035

House Democrats call for end to mass immigrant incarceration

thehill.com - House Democrats are re-introducing legislation Wednesday that would largely do away with the punitive immigration measures enacted in a 1996 reform. The bill’s sponsors, Reps. Jesús García (D-Ill.), …Tweeted by @Matthew73610025 https://...

Biden defends about face on crime law he helped create

abcnews.go.com - Joe Biden's plan, released on Tuesday morning, calls for an end to mandatory minimum sentencing for crimes, private prisons, cash bail and the death penalty.Tweeted by @RNBSNMPH https://twitter.com/RNBSNMPH/status/1641157873106337802

How Companies Can Address Their Historical Transgressions

hbr.org - Some multigenerational companies or their predecessors have committed acts in the past that would be anathema today—they invested in or owned slaves, for example, or they were complicit in crimes aga…Tweeted by @luyudi80426 https://twitter....