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racial justice

Lady Justice against a background of coronavirus particles
A carceral crisis
Published Oct 15, 2020
A new report published by Johns Hopkins provides recommendations for preventing the spread of COVID-19 in the criminal justice system
Just Us Dialogues flyer
Racial justice
Just Us Dialogues will spotlight critical health and justice disparities
Published Aug 13, 2020
Free online series begins Aug. 20 with a panel discussion titled 'The 4th Amendment: Use, Misuse and the Case for Police Reform'
Three faith leaders join a Zoom call
Faith leaders discuss racism, police brutality
Published June 8, 2020
In a panel facilitated by the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore clergy members discuss faith during times of crisis
Brett Kavanaugh
Commentary
A pattern of 'maximum tolerance'
Published Oct 1, 2018
Kavanaugh hearings reveal a discrepancy in how affluent white offenders experience criminal justice system in America, sociologist Vesla Weaver writes / Vox.com
N.D.B. Connolly
Racial justice
The 'paper-rock-scissors' view of Charlottesville
Published Aug 15, 2017
In commentary, historian N.D.B. Connolly puts America's legacy of white supremacy into context of childhood game / The Washington Post