Five much-needed reforms that could make our politics matter again
Five Much-Needed Reforms That Could Make Our Politics Matter Again (via Moyers & Company)
This post originally appeared at The Nation. “We have frequently printed…
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Happy Outcome for Durham Homeless Does Not Absolve City Council and Police of Moral Responsibility for Panhandling Arrests
The Durham Police have endured considerable criticism in recent months for a series of high-profile shootings and revelations about the department’s controversial stop-and-search practices, which…
Facts and figures on incarceration in America
Facts and Figures on Incarceration in America (via Moyers & Company)
Over the last four decades, America’s prison population has increased dramatically. This tremendous growth…
Latino Challenges Toward Racial Equity
Latino Challenges Toward Racial Equity
Guest post from Florence Siman of El Pueblo, Inc. We’ve heard it a million times: that Latinos are the fastest…
Guest post from Florence Siman of El Pueblo, Inc. We’ve heard it a million times: that Latinos are the fastest…
SCSJ makes list of top Google+ pages for social workers
The Southern Coalition for Social Justice has always prided itself on being multidisciplinary and responsive to the communities we serve. It was a special treat…
Complaints? Gripes? Detractors? Language matters as we work to reform policing in Durham.
“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, and then you win.”– Mahatma Gandhi
Sticks and stones may break our…
Sticks and stones may break our…
SCSJ & ACLU Lawsuit challenging voting law will go to trial after 2014 elections
A federal judge today ruled that a trial over North Carolina’s sweeping voter suppression law will be held in 2015. U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge…
Gerrymandering: "American Horribleness" right here at home
On December 10, 2013, The Daily Show ran a piece on election gerrymandering called “American Horribleness.”
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On Human Rights Day, #ReformStorm seeks Immigration Reform
Today is International Human Rights Day, celebrated annually on December 10 to remind the world of the importance of basic human rights. This year, a…
Documentary underway on the Wilmington Massacre of 1898
A new film, Wilmington on Fire, will give a historical and present day look at the massacre of 1898 from the perspective of the African-American…
FADE Coalition Responds to DPD Report
On Tuesday night, the Durham Human Relations Commission held its fourth in a series of special hearings to investigate allegations of racial profiling and selective…
Honoring Nelson Mandela
Honoring Nelson Mandela
by Peter Wagner, December 5, 2013
(This is a repost from the Prison Policy Initiative)
Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) was a South African…
Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) was a South African…