Marian Wright Edelman: The New Jim Crow: Social Control, Social Death
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on March 12th, 2011 5:44 am by HL
Marian Wright Edelman: The New Jim Crow: Social Control, Social Death
As Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow clearly shows, our incarceration policies have evolved into a historically punitive form of social control and social death for people of color.
Alan Grayson: Did They Die in Vain?
On May 4, 1886, in Haymarket Square in Chicago, the public rallied peacefully in support of 40,000 workers in Chicago who had gone on strike,…
Frank Dwyer: A Helpful Idea for a Great First Lady
Bullying summit? Michelle, please teach Barack how to defend himself.
A Suggestion From Putin Throws Biden Off Balance
When Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. sat down for his meeting with Vladimir V. Putin this week, the Russian prime minister opened with a…
Gray Davis Pollster Bullish On Wisconsin Recall Elections
The lead pollster for Gov. Gray Davis (D-Calif.) in 2003, the year Davis was turned out of office by a recall election, says he is…