by Ava Cilia | Feb 17, 2021 | Amicus, Criminal Justice, Education & Youth, Policing and Law Enforcement, Poverty and Economic Justice, Racial Justice
Photo credit: The Imprint This past summer, the broadest protests in U.S. history erupted in response to the murders of Black people, like Tony McDade, George Floyd, and Breonna Taylor, at the hands of law enforcement. Calls to defund the police and reinvest those...
by Sararose Gaines | Nov 19, 2020 | Amicus, Criminal Justice, Policing and Law Enforcement, Racial Justice
On March 13th, 2020, Breonna Taylor, an EMT, aspiring nurse, and unarmed Black woman, was fatally shot in her home. Months after she was senselessly killed by police, Kentucky Attorney General, Daniel Cameron, recommended charges against just one of the three officers...
by saraharmstrong | Nov 11, 2020 | Amicus, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice
This summer, as the United States reckoned with a history of deep-rooted systemic racism, the United States military was not immune: leadership felt compelled to put out statements rejecting extremism and discrimination, while some lower ranking service members,...
by Annamarie Forestiere | Oct 21, 2020 | Amicus, Congress, Criminal Justice, Education & Youth, Executive Branch, Human Rights, Labor and Employment, Poverty and Economic Justice, Racial Justice
Photo by Enayet Raheem on Unsplash The Early Termination of the 2020 Census The Trump Administration has been pushing to end the 2020 Census early for months now. The Administration’s purported justification for its initial goal of a September 30th end date was that...
by Annamarie Forestiere | Sep 23, 2020 | Amicus, Congress, Criminal Justice, Executive Branch, Human Rights, Legislation, LGBTQ Rights, Policing and Law Enforcement, Poverty and Economic Justice, Racial Justice, Sex Equality
Photo by noah eleazar on Unsplash The Problem: America’s Treatment of Black Trans Women Violence against Black trans women has been accurately described as “a pandemic within a pandemic.” This summer, six Black trans women, all under the age of 32, were murdered in...
by Patrick Cremin | Jul 8, 2020 | Amicus, Education & Youth, Policing and Law Enforcement, Racial Justice
Photo by Shopify Partners from Burst Amid mass mobilization to combat anti-Black racism, Black-led efforts to abolish police are gaining wider traction. These efforts require a radical reimagining of our institutions, including those that children interact with most...