2013

FADE presents evidence of racial profiling at Durham PD certification hearing

The Durham FADE coalition is participating in an ongoing dialogue with the Durham Police Department regarding data showing the use of racial profiling in police…

Voter ID–The Disproportionate Impact on Women

SCSJ has been closely monitoring the issue of voter suppression among women due to newly implemented voting restrictions in North Carolina. The Washington Post recently…

Was Election Day drug bust an attempt to intimidate NC black voters?

Mt. Gilead mayor and former SCSJ client Patty Almond reached out to SCSJ to report a possible case of voter suppression in her small town…

HRC #3–Running from the Numbers

Guess what the Durham Police Department didn’t want to talk about at the third meeting of the Durham Human Relations Commission? The data. The FADE…

Police deny claims of racial profiling

By Jonathan M. Alexander in The Durham News
jalexander@newsobserver.com November 13, 2013
DURHAM — Despite the statistical evidence, Durham police refuted claims of racial discrimination…

The war on women voting in North Carolina

Brentin Mock, Institute for Southern Studies
It is well-documented that the heaviest burdens under strict photo voter ID laws fall on African Americans, Latino Americans…

Votes Not Counted: Mat's Story

Each post in SCSJ’s “Votes Not Counted” series tells the story of a person qualified to vote before the passage of North Carolina’s Monster Voter…

Voter ID – the major impact on women of color

The Southern Coalition for Social Justice has conducted a review of the 318,644 registered North Carolina voters from the 2012 elections who did not have…

Concerns Over Voter Suppression Continue in NC

Concerns Over Voter Suppression Continue in NC Public News Service – NC | November 2013 | Download audio Citizenship/Representative Democracy Civil Rights Human Rights/Racial Justice…

SCSJ files federal lawsuit challenging NC's new Voter Suppression Law

August 12, 2013

The Southern Coalition for Social Justice, American Civil Liberties Union, and ACLU of North Carolina Legal Foundation today filed a lawsuit challenging…

NC Citizens Get Graded on Whether They Vote

NC Citizens Get Graded on Whether They Vote Public News Service – NC | October 2013 | Download audio Citizenship/Representative Democracy Civil Rights Social Justice…

Ban the Box and Target: have we hit the tipping point?

Last week at the International Drug Policy Reform Conference, Ethan Nadelmann stated that the U.S. has reached a “tipping point” on drug policy reform, with…