The injustice system
: Emily Brooks Activists in Washington, D.C., protested Wells Fargo for its investments in the for-profit incarceration industry.
February 8, 2012 : Alex Schmaus Activist DeBray "Fly Benzo" Carpenter faces up to four years in jail after police attacked him for videotaping them.
February 6, 2012 : Staughton Lynd A radical historian tells how inmates in the 1993 Lucasville prison rebellion overcame attempts by authorities to divide them.
February 3, 2012 Members of civil rights and other social justice groups mobilized to support Harlem community activist Jazz Hayden.
January 25, 2012 : Hans Bennett Wrongfully convicted political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal is facing inhumane conditions in a Pennsylvania prison.
January 25, 2012 Actions at a march in Seattle raised questions for activists about the most effective ways to organize against police brutality.
January 18, 2012 : Marlene Martin With a recommendation for clemency from the Delaware Board of Parole, Robert Gattis' life is in the hands of the governor.
January 17, 2012 : Johnny Mao A Justice Department report reveals the Seattle Police Department's disregard for civil liberties and long history of abuse.
January 5, 2012 Decriminalizing medical marijuana would be an important step in ending the "war on drugs," but it won't go far enough.
December 13, 2011 : Martina Correia Her efforts made Troy Davis a household name--and they showed millions of people how callously the death machine works.
December 7, 2011 : David Rovics Anyone who thinks John Timoney's visit to Bahrain could lead to less massacre-oriented policing policies has it wrong.
December 6, 2011 : Trish Kahle Politicians are on the verge of repealing the Racial Justice Act, which addressed disparities in the death penalty system.
December 5, 2011 : Martina Correia We lost an irreplaceable voice for freedom and justice with the death of Martina Correia, the sister of Troy Davis.
December 2, 2011 : Danny Lucia Maybe the attack on Occupy Oakland protester Scott Olsen will settle the debate about whether the police are on our side.
November 2, 2011 : Don Lash The number of serious scandals rocking the NYPD should make us question whether the problem is just "a few bad apples."
November 2, 2011 Activists are marching against the New York Police Department's racist "stop-and-frisk" policies that target Blacks and Latinos.
October 26, 2011 : Gary Lapon New York cop Michael Daragjati boasted, "I fried another nigger," but he didn't know investigators had tapped his phone.
October 20, 2011 More than 140 people in New York City attended the launch meeting for the Campaign to End the New Jim Crow.
October 19, 2011 : Nicole Colson Despite severe retribution from authorities, prisoners at Pelican Bay State Prison have revived a hunger strike against inhumane conditions.
October 13, 2011 : Amy Muldoon Lower Manhattan has been besieged by protesters in recent weeks, and one common focus among others has emerged: the police.
October 6, 2011 : Pete Rugh The Queens District Attorney is reopening the case of Tejpal Singh, an innocent man wrongly convicted of murder.
October 4, 2011 : Danny Lucia On September 21, we witnessed the murder of Troy Davis. Let's get our facts straight so nobody can manipulate our testimony.
October 4, 2011 One bright flame was extinguished on the night of September 21 in Georgia, but in each of us, Troy Davis sparked a fire.
September 29, 2011 In the wake of the execution of Troy Davis, we have a moral obligation to continue the fight against the death penalty.
September 26, 2011 The people who maintain the death penalty are so desperate to keep it that they aren't willing to admit a mistake.
September 26, 2011
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