Justice for Breonna Taylor: The Abuse of Prosecutorial Discretion
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...
Veterans Day 2020: The Troubling Racial Disparities that Still Exist in Military 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,...
Ending the 2020 Census Early is an Act of Violence Against Native Americans
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...
America’s War on Black Trans Women
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...
School Policing was Designed to Criminalize Black Students. We Must Follow Black Voices Calling for its Abolition.
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...
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Today on CR-CL's Amicus Blog, @ava_cilia interrogates the racial disparities in the family regulation system: https://harvardcrcl.org/the-family-regulation-system-why-those-committed-to-racial-justice-must-interrogate-it/