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As Resistance Grows, Trump's Deportation Plans Unravel

Cost, impossible logistics, political opposition, and community resistance could spell the end of the president-elect's anti-immigrant scheme

December 30, 2016
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Ava DuVernay's Documentary "13th" About Mass Incarceration Shortlisted for an Oscar

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Ava DuVernay’s recent Netflix documentary, "13th," just picked up three Critics’ Choice Awards and is on the Oscar shortlist for best documentary. The film chronicles how the U.S. criminal justice…

December 30, 2016
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The Real Baltimore - Police Accountability in Age of Trump

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In the first of many discussions on the implications of a Trump presidency, we analyze how the city should respond to what many believe will be a Justice Department openly…

December 30, 2016
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Researchers Fault Mass Incarceration for Black-White Wage Gap Returning to 1950's Levels

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Black labor has become superfluous in the US economy, and the ruling class is responding with more incarceration and police oppression, says Glen Ford.

December 28, 2016
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U.N. Declares Israeli Settlements Illegal; Netanyahu Vows to Retaliate After U.S. Abstains from Vote

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Israeli officials are vowing to build thousands of new settlement homes on occupied Palestinian land, in defiance of a United Nations resolution passed Friday condemning such construction as a "flagrant…

December 27, 2016
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Top 5 Threats to Transparency: 2016 in Review

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As we approach the end of 2016, it’s disturbing to note the wide variety of ways in which government transparency has languished—even under an administration rhetorically committed to it.