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Category Archives: Current Events
Do Indigent and Incarcerated Women Have a Real Right to Reproductive Justice?
By Hira Baig Associate Editor, Volume 23 Reproductive justice is not just concerned with women having access to the healthcare they need, it is also concerned with the disparate impact caused by restrictions on reproductive healthcare. Historically, the more restrictions … Continue reading
The End of Mass Incarceration: A Blueprint for Transformative Change
By Rasheed Stewart Associate Editor, Vol. 23 He sued the Philadelphia Police Department over 75 times.[1] As a career civil rights and criminal defense attorney he routinely represented individuals subjected to the oppressive forces of racism pervading law enforcement and … Continue reading
The Color of Blight: Michigan’s Troubled History of Urban Renewal Complicates Detroit’s Comeback
By David Bergh Associate Editor, Volume 23 Online Publications Editor, Volume 24 The governmental power of eminent domain has deep roots in the Anglo-American legal tradition. Early English law held that the power to expropriate land was inherent in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Blight, City Planning, condemnation, Detroit, eminent domain, Hathcock, housing, Kelo, Michigan, Michigan Constitution, Michigan History, Poletown, racism, urban renewal
Can They Do That? (Part 3): Reversing Modern-Day Redlining
By John Spangler Associate Editor, Volume 23 Production Editor, Volume 24 Detroit remains the most segregated metropolitan areas in the United States.[1] This is in part thanks to historical practices such as “redlining” where majority African-American neighborhoods were deemed “too … Continue reading
Forever Barred: Examining Felony Disenfranchisement in Florida
By Shanene Frederick Associate Editor, Volume 23 Executive Articles Editor, Volume 24 Desmond Meade was convicted on felony drug and firearm charges back in 2001.[1] Meade, who previously battled drug addiction and experienced homelessness, went on to earn a law … Continue reading
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Tagged 2018 election, ballot initiative, disenfranchisement, felon disenfranchisement, felon enfranchisement, first amendment, florida, Florida law, Florida Second Chances, Floridians for Fair Democracy, prisoner rights, voter eligibility, voter registration, voter rights, voting rights
Gerrymandering: Beyond the Partisan Divide
By Elliott Gluck Associate Editor, Volume 23 Pennsylvania has a long history of a fierce partisan political divisions, due in part to its extremely diverse electorate, geography, and economy.[1] This divide results in massive campaign spending each election cycle and … Continue reading
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Tagged 2018 midterm election, Congressional districts, Congressional maps, district drawing, district lines, efficiency gap, elections, gerrymandering, partisan gerrymandering, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania redistricting, political gerrymandering, racial gerrymandering, redistricting, voter dilution, voting rights, Wisconsin
Attacks on Asian Americans
By Ben Cornelius Associate Editor, Volume 23 Kyle Descher was born in Korea, but adopted at a young age by an American couple. [1] Back when he was a college student he and a roommate headed out to a … Continue reading
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Tagged Asian, Asian American, Asian American community, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, crime, hate crimes, hate groups, immigrant communities, immigrants, L.A. County Commission on Human Relations, New York City, Pacific Islander, racial violence, Sacramento, San Francisco, violent crime, Washington State University, white supremacist groups, white supremacy
Undoing Past Wrongs: Chipping Away at Capital Punishment
By Hira Baig Associate Editor, Volume 23 The vast majority of countries, 140 to be exact, consider the death penalty cruel and unusual punishment.[1] The current constitution of Germany, for example, forbids use of capital punishment.[2] Lawyer and activist Bryan Stevenson … Continue reading
Clearing the Smoke: Marijuana Reform is a Racial Justice Issue
By David Bergh Associate Editor, Volume 23 Over the past few decades there has been a sea change in the American public’s attitude towards marijuana prohibition. In 1990 only 16% of the US public supported legalization, and 81% were opposed. … Continue reading
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Tagged criminal justice reform, drug enforcement, Drug Enforcement Agency, drug use, Marijuana, Marijuana law, Marijuana legalization, Marijuana reform, medical marijuana, Michigan ballot initiative, Michigan law, Michigan Marijuana Legalization Initiative, public opinion, racial injustice, retroactive laws, war on drugs
