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Sep 28, 2010

Will Mississippi Import Arizona's Pro-Racial Profiling Law?

As I write this, senators in Judiciary Committee A are meeting to discuss potential immigration legislation. Through personal and newspaper reports, I've heard that some of the legislators want to bring a...

As I write this, senators in Judiciary Committee A are meeting to discuss potential immigration legislation. Through personal and newspaper reports, I've heard that some of the legislators want to bring a...

Sep 27, 2010

The Good News: Jackson's Anti-Racial Profiling Law

Do you remember when, in the wake of the so-called "Patriot Act," cities across the country passed resolutions not to enforce some of the most egregious, rights-violating provisions of that law?  That kind...

Do you remember when, in the wake of the so-called "Patriot Act," cities across the country passed resolutions not to enforce some of the most egregious, rights-violating provisions of that law?  That kind...

Sep 20, 2010

We are Here Without Fear, and We Want Our Sisters Free

Criminal Justice Reform

So, my friends and I went to the Scotts Sisters Rally and March this Wednesday.  There were a lot of things going on, a sea of people, posters, and banners.  I went to represent my school, Tougaloo College...

So, my friends and I went to the Scotts Sisters Rally and March this Wednesday.  There were a lot of things going on, a sea of people, posters, and banners.  I went to represent my school, Tougaloo College...

Sep 17, 2010

Free the Scott Sisters!

Criminal Justice Reform

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Sep 9, 2010

Curfew Laws and Family Values

Criminal Justice Reform

'Family values' is one of those terms whose meaning largely depends on who's using it. My family values may be different from your family values.  But if the term has any consistent meaning at all, it...

'Family values' is one of those terms whose meaning largely depends on who's using it. My family values may be different from your family values.  But if the term has any consistent meaning at all, it...

Aug 28, 2010

Hurricane Katrina: Five Years Later: And Still We Rise

I can’t believe that five years have passed since Hurricane Katrina devastated Gulf Coast communities in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.   And although groups and advocates who were...

I can’t believe that five years have passed since Hurricane Katrina devastated Gulf Coast communities in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.   And although groups and advocates who were...