by tfife | Oct 27, 2020 | Amicus
Two months into virtual schooling, it appears the school-to-prison pipeline has rebranded as the Zoom-to-prison pipeline. Take Isaiah Elliot as an example. Elliot is a 12-year old Black boy with disabilities from Colorado who made national headlines last month after...
by tfife | Oct 13, 2020 | Amicus
Photo Credit: Truthout On January 9, 2017, a 17-year old Black kid named Tykorie Evelyn was walking on the sidewalk when a police car pulled up beside him and police began asking him questions. Evelyn continued walking while giving short responses to the officers. The...
by tfife | Jul 6, 2020 | Amicus
Photo Credit: Matt York/AP For many, the Fourth of July was a moment to continue calls to defund the police and vocalize opposition to racialized police violence. And rightfully so—defunding the police has become an intuitive and effective slogan to highlight...
by tfife | Dec 3, 2019 | Amicus
The National Collegiate Athletics Association has suspended star college basketball player and projected first pick in the 2020 NBA draft pick, James Wiseman, until January because of a loan his family took out while he was in high school. Throughout his fight against...
by tfife | Nov 21, 2019 | Amicus
The Posner Center for Justice for Pro Se’s came and went. After the longtime judge’s resignation from the bench, Richard Posner threw his hat into the ring of commentators trying to address our civil litigation system’s pro se crisis. A denied cert petition and two...