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Community, Advocacy Groups Ask NC Agencies for Clear Goals on Environmental Justice

DURHAM (April 23, 2024) — In a series of comment letters, community and environmental groups called on North Carolina’s cabinet agencies for meaningful action, not vague rhetoric, in drafting their goals to advance environmental justice across the state. Governor Roy Cooper signed Executive Order 292 on Oct. 24, 2023, ordering cabinet agencies to draft and…

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In NC, Voter Suppression Hits Women & People of Color Hardest.

It’s 2014, and North Carolina’s Monster Voter Suppression bill is beginning to go into effect. While people are NOT required to show a photo ID…

Michelle Alexander: Why Police Lie Under Oath

Why Police Lie Under Oath (via http://amicuscuria.com) By Michelle Alexander THOUSANDS of people plead guilty to crimes every year in the United States because they…

Ban the Box Movement – Are You In?

People with a criminal conviction all know the drill when it comes to employment. You are filling out a job application and there’s that question…

Join the Durham Community in Responding to Concerns About Durham Police Activity and the Death of Jesús Huerta

Press Conference
Friday, January 10, 2014 3:00 p.m. Durham City Hall 101 City Hall Plaza, Durham, NC 27701 Please join us for a press conference…

SCSJ's Statement on NC Supreme Court Redistricting Hearing

On Monday, January 6, 2014 the Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ) presented oral arguments before the North Carolina Supreme Court, urging the court to…

NC Redistricting Battle Moves to State Supreme Court

On Monday, January 6, 2014 the Southern Coalition for Social Justice will present oral arguments before the North Carolina Supreme Court, urging the court to…

Resolutions for stronger communities

At SCSJ, we work every day to empower communities of color and economically disadvantaged people. At this time of reexamining our priorities and resolving to…

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…

A brief history of immigration in America

Immigration (via www.gimby.org) The United States is, of course, a nation of immigrants. Even Native Americans came here from somewhere else; recent evidence suggests they…

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…

How the harshest immigration law in America ended in disaster

How the Harshest Immigration Law in the US Ended in Disaster (via Moyers & Company) MSNBC reporter Benjy Sarlin traveled down to Alabama to see…

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…