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Report : Race and Wrongful Convictions in the United States – Samuel R. Gross, Maurice Possley, Klara Stephens / National Registry of Exonerations
Executive Summary – African Americans are only 13% of the American population but a majority of innocent defendants wrongfully convicted of crimes and later exonerated….
The Death of Compassion – Charles M. Blow / NYT
Folks, we have been here before. After Ronald Reagan, a celebrity-turned-politician, carried 49 states in his devastating defeat of Walter Mondale in 1984, Democrats were…
Hate in the Age of Trump (All across America, Klan and neo-Nazi groups are not only flourishing—they’re joining forces) – Van Jones / New Republic
We are forced to confront many things in the images that photographer Johnny Milano spent five years capturing. The ceremonial burning of a cross and…
Flint water crisis: Report says ‘systemic racism’ played role – Steve Almasy and Laura Ly / CNN
A government-appointed civil rights commission in Michigan says systemic racism helped to cause the Flint water crisis, according to a report released Friday. The 129-page…
Donald Trump will use every weapon to stamp out the grassroots resistance – Douglas Williams / The Guardian
Pundits say Donald Trump is “undermining democracy”. But their concern is often just about elite institutions: the media, the judiciary, the electoral system. What is…
“They Knew What was at Stake”: 2016 Latino Voter Turnout Higher for Clinton Than for Obama / Democracy Now
Fewer people voted in this election than voted in 2012,” notes Juan González, journalist and Democracy Now! co-host, but he argues that data from Latino…
Here’s how to fight Trump’s ballot bullies – Colbert I. King / Wash Post
Then: “The extension of the franchise to black citizens was strongly resisted. Among others, the Ku Klux Klan . . . attempted to prevent the 15th Amendment…