Mass Incarceration

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February 17, 2017

Van Jones explains connection between mass incarceration and Trump win

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February 13, 2017

True Story: A Second Chance At Life After An Obama Pardon (Episode 3)

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January 27, 2017

Jay Z says Kalief Browder’s death proves prison should be shut down

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November 10, 2016

Private prison stocks soar after Donald Trump election

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October 12, 2016

Marijuana arrests outnumber those for violent crimes, study finds

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October 11, 2016

Nick Cannon takes Howard course with inmates inside D.C. jail

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October 7, 2016

President Obama has commuted more sentences of inmates than past 11 presidents combined

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October 6, 2016

Ava DuVernay’s ’13th’ is both courageous and critical filmmaking

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September 28, 2016

Ava DuVernay’s ’13th’ trailer exposes ugly truths about U.S. prison system

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September 16, 2016

Report finds that 90 percent of people sitting in New Orleans prison are ‘waiting for day in court’

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September 15, 2016

Willie Wilson to bail out Chicago inmates who can’t afford bond

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September 9, 2016

Hundreds of Florida inmates riot to protest prison conditions

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July 13, 2016

America can’t heal until Jim Crow finally dies

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July 8, 2016

President Obama, it’s time to call it like it is and end the killing of blacks by police

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June 24, 2016

12,000 prison inmates now eligible for Pell Grants to get college education

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June 6, 2016

Virginia felons’ right to vote might be taken away– again

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April 11, 2016

How President Obama is changing the game for former felons

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April 11, 2016

Bill Clinton admits to black churchgoers that 1994 crime bill 'overdid it'

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April 11, 2016

Bill Clinton admits to black churchgoers that 1994 crime bill ‘overdid it’

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April 8, 2016

10-year-old drops the mic on wealth gap and its impact on criminal justice

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