by Starlette Thomas | Aug 21, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
Black August celebrates the history of African American resistance and the legacy of freedom fighters. The month-long observance honors the lives of those who have struggled for African American liberation and brings attention to the deaths of political prisoners and...
by Starlette Thomas | Jun 26, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
While Juneteenth celebrates the emancipation of African Americans from chattel slavery in the U.S., slavery was never fully abolished. According to the 13th amendment, slavery can still be used as punishment: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a...
by Starlette Thomas | Jun 5, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
When history starts to repeat itself, interrupt it. We’ve heard these stories of injustice before and unless this is a particular favorite of yours, we’ve got to stop police brutality. “I feared for my life, so I shot him. The end.” That is, of course, until it...
by Starlette Thomas | Feb 10, 2023 | News
The criminal justice system in the U.S. isn’t broken; it’s functioning as intended. That was a key assertion during a February 9 webinar hosted by the Equal Justice USA Evangelical Network as part of the Christian Community Development Association’s “Locked in...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Aug 26, 2019 | News
Reforming policing practices is essential to addressing mass incarceration in the U.S., according to a Vera Institute of Justice report published on Aug. 12. Beginning in the late 1990s, there was a significant increase in the number of adults with an arrest record by...
