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December 26, 2015

Will 2016 be Obama's blackest year yet?

As President Obama enters his eighth and final year in the White House, 2016 is destined to be his blackest…
December 18, 2015

President Obama commutes sentences of 95 offenders, pardons 2

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is commuting the sentences of 95 offenders and pardoning two more in a year-end…
November 27, 2015

Where’s death penalty in push for criminal justice overhaul?

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is making a hard case for overhauling the U.S. criminal justice system, but where…
November 5, 2015

Banning the Box: Why President Obama's latest executive order matters

This week, President Obama issued an executive order “banning the box” for federal employees – the “box” being the often…
November 1, 2015

What must Hillary do to prove she believes #BlackLivesMatter?

Why is #BlackLivesMatter going after Hillary Clinton, and what must she do? The goal is to make sure that she…
October 30, 2015

Hillary Clinton to call for elimination of crack/cocaine sentencing disparities

ATLANTA (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton is using a Southern campaign swing to outline criminal justice proposals
October 23, 2015

Why President Obama's defense of Black Lives Matter is so important

President Obama gets it. At the end of a White House forum about criminal justice, Obama took the time to…