This week marks the 63rd anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark case that outlawed racial segregation in our nation’s schools, fundamentally redefining the meaning of equality in American ...
LDF Policy Director Todd A. Cox joined NPR/WBUR’s program On Point to discuss sentencing reform – and the policy reversal – at the Justice Department. Other guests included: Matt Zapotosky, a reporter covering the Justice Department for the ...
Sixty-three years ago on Wednesday, the Supreme Court prohibited school segregation. In the South, Brown v. Board of Education was enforced slowly and fitfully for two decades; then progress ground to a halt. Nationwide, black students are ...
Residential segregation exacerbates many national problems. In education, a black-white achievement gap persists largely because the poorest pupils are concentrated in racially homogenous schools where instruction is overwhelmed by children’s out-of-school challenges; these schools are ...
This week, law enforcement throughout the country will observe National Police Week to honor fellow officers who have died in the line of duty. One officer that will be honored is Montrell Jackson, the ...
Black voter turnout fell for first time in 20 years Joy Reid and her panel of experts discuss the many reasons – including new voting restrictions in 14 states and a purging of over one ...
Sessions’ disastrous drug crime policy Joy Reid and her panel discuss Attorney General Jeff Sessions reverting the evolution on drug crime charges back to harsh sentencing, despite the chorus of voices and mountains of evidence ...
