Race and Criminal Justice in a "Colorblind" America
A conversation moderated by Professor Melissa Harris-Perry
At a time of unprecedented challenge, we’re fighting for justice reform built on bedrock American values and grounded in action at the state and local level.
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A New View
I’m writing this having pulled my laptop out of the boxes piled up around my new desk in Vera’s new headquarters. Over my shoulder, you can see the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. We’ve moved, and today is day one. After almost two decades of working near City Hall in the Woolworth Building—and almost six decades since our founding with the M...
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Nicholas Turner
Governors Should Embrace—Not Hinder—Reform-Minded Prosecutors
Decades of these policies failed our communities and our nation. From 1970 onward, decisions made to sharply increase the use of jail and prison throughout the country—and to impose harsher sentences for many criminal convictions—are now commonly referred to as the era of mass incarceration. Today, nearly 2.3 million people are behind bars. Mass in...
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Jamila Hodge
“I Can’t Imagine Babies Being Kept from Their Mom”
WNBA All-Star and Phoenix Mercury forward DeWanna Bonner visits a women’s jail in Phoenix
Editors’ note: Edited and abridged for clarity Last month, the WNBA All-Star and Phoenix Mercury forward DeWanna Bonner accompanied Vera project director Margaret diZerega and digital strategy director Kindred Motes on a tour of the Estrella Jail—a women’s-only facility in Phoenix. As part of a partnership with NBA Voices, Vera has organized seve...
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Margaret diZerega
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Kindred Motes
