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Dismantling the Presumption of [White] Innocence
In her speech supporting Kavanaugh’s nomination, Senator Susan Collins’s support turned on “[his] presumption of innocence, and fairness.” While Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, Deborah Ramirez, and Julie Swetnick were not afforded any semblance of a fair hearing or...
Weekly News Roundup: 11/2
Developments at Spring Valley High School A federal civil rights investigation has been opened by the Department of Justice following the violent arrest of a student caught on video at Spring Valley High School in Columbia, South Carolina. Deputy Ben Fields, the...
September 14, 2015: Weekly News Roundup
Campaign Finance Reform Harvard Law School Professor Larry Lessig entered the U.S. presidential race as a Democratic candidate. His sole issue is campaign finance reform. Conventional wisdom sees him as a long shot for the office, but his ideas have spurred other...DOJ Investigates Police Brutality in Seattle
Earlier this week, the DOJ Civil Rights Division announced that it was launching a formal investigation into use of force policies in the Seattle Police Department. The DOJ did not identify specific incidents that prompted their investigation, but said their...
Thank you to @AaronMukerjee for this outstanding piece.
“As bad actors continue to provide loans that take advantage of low-income and minority borrowers, we must recognize that small business lending policy is social justice policy.”
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Wrote a blog for @HarvardCRCL about the devastating impact that predatory small business lending can have on low-income communities and communities of color, why it's a growing problem, and what we can do about it.
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#BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously today that the Constitution's ban on excessive fines applies to state and local governments, thus limiting their ability to use fines to raise revenue.
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At any talk when in agreement with the speaker:
Other people: snap
Me: aggressively knock on hard surface
Thanks @HarvardCRCL
Happy Valentines Day! Speaking of romance: here is a piece I wrote for @HarvardCRCL on how the new criminal justice reform act fails women https://t.co/4ChEYzSNd9
Great piece by @MartysaurusRex in @washingtonpost. I'd add that it's not good enough to just "allow" Black youth to dream. As I argue in forthcoming essay in @HarvardCRCL, Black youth are *entitled* to resources for dreaming big & this should be part of a new civil rights agenda. https://t.co/qE85F4Xukz