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Black Mama's Bail Out operates across the country with the sole purpose of reuniting Black women with their children and…
Sen. Kamala Harris knows that there are those who are skeptical about her career as a prosecutor but says she…
Sen. Cory Booker believes the FIRST STEP bill is far from a comprehensive overhaul of this country's broken prison system.
CNN host and activist Van Jones talks FIRST STEP Act, criminal justice reform and soft peddling approach to interviewing Jared…
Louis Reid served almost 14 years and now wants the First STEP ACT to free thousands of others as part…
The latest version of the First Step Act could be what's needed to truly make comprehensive criminal justice reform a…
[griojw id=”JMQOe62x” playerid=”GEDLwojW”] Activist and Women’s March Co-Chair, Tamika D. Mallory was joined by Senator Nina Turner, President, and CEO
Philadelphia rapper, Meek Mill is a voice for prison reform, but also plans to help those who are wrongfully incarcerated.
The public policy organization Demos has issued an landmark 11-page report exclusively to theGrio called, “Social Exclusion: Black People Have Everything…
[griojw id=”ER4qSFxK” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]Johnny Perez used to speak to himself in solitary confinement, just to hear a human voice. The isolation
Two New Jersey prisons have banned Michelle Alexander’s book on mass incarceration, “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of…
The former Hollywood agent, whose clientele has included every from Oprah Winfrey to Missy Elliott, is building his own empire…
Oscar-winning actor Denzel Washington says making positive change in black communities starts at home...
JAY-Z hasn’t been quiet about his outrage over the sentencing of Meek Mill, who was slapped with a sentence of
Shaka Senghor knows the power of redemption. The New York Times bestselling author, educator and activist has dedicated his life
In her 1996 book It Takes A Village, Hillary Clinton describes how Black prison workers worked at the Arkansas governor's…
Spike TV’s six-part doc "Time: The Kalief Browder Story"left many viewers with a cold ball of anger.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has issued a memo on Thursday reversing one made by his predecessor, Sally Yates, concerning the…
It’s been eighteen months since Remy Ma finished up her eight-year prison sentence, and while she’s excited to get back