Criminalization

Barbed wire surrounding a prison during sunset.
Shani Saxon  Oct 17, 2018 5:45PM EDT

Amendment 4 Could Restore Voting Rights for Millions of Formerly Incarcerated People in Florida

People with felony convictions in the Sunshine State face some of the harshest voting laws in the nation.
Norman Lear, Gloria Calderón Kellett, Mike Royce, Justina Machado, Rita Moreno, Isabella Gomez, Tod Grinnell, Stephen Toblowsky. White men and Latinx women on black stage in front of screen with yellow television show title card
Sameer Rao  Oct 17, 2018 3:51PM EDT

REPORT: TV Refuses to Shake Xenophobic Stereotypes

A new study argues that narrative television still disproportionately portrays immigrants as uneducated criminals.
Large group of Hondurans march north as part of mass migration march. Young man wearing red shirt holds a small child and is surrounded by women and men as hey walk on a Central American road.
Shani Saxon  Oct 16, 2018 4:47PM EDT

Mass Migration March Continues As Roughly 3,000 Hondurans Head for U.S. Border

March of the Migrant grows in strength despite warnings from the Trump administration that the group won’t be allowed in the country.
Russell Hornsby and Amandla Stenberg. Black man in navy jacket and beige shirt sits next to Black teenage girl in black shirt and white overalls in front of White people in multicolored clothing and blue curtain
Sameer Rao  Oct 16, 2018 4:38PM EDT

Watch 'The Hate U Give' Take On 'The Talk'

A teaser for the upcoming screen adaptation of Angie Thomas’ Black Lives Matter-inspired book features Russell Hornsby teaching his character’s young children about the dangers of police violence.
Image of bronze plaque against a blue sky with a blurred person in a patterned top and dark capris in the background; it reads "Boundary of the United States of America."
Shani Saxon  Oct 16, 2018 10:23AM EDT

Republicans Attack 'Dangerous' Immigrants As Midterms Approach

A new report finds that Republican politicians are relying on fear tactics and lies to rally voters in the most competitive midterm races.
A U.S. border wall tops a levee near Rio Grande at the U.S.-Mexico border on March 15, 2017, near La Grulla, Texas.
Ayana Byrd  Oct 15, 2018 12:29PM EDT

Trump Administration to Suspend Dozens Of Environmental and Health Laws to Build Border Wall

Activists says residents and wildlife along the wall’s proposed route are in danger.
A Black man wearing a white T-shirt that says "Tamir Rice Only" in black ink speaks at a protest
Bakari Kitwana  Oct 10, 2018 4:33PM EDT

Tamir Rice's Mom Wants to Know Why Another Ohio PD Hired the Troubled Cop Who Killed Her Son (Updated)

Timothy Loehmann, the former Cleveland police officer who fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014, was offered a new police job at another Ohio department. Rice’s mother, Samaria, is demanding answers.
Border Patrol Agents Detain Migrants Near US-Mexico Border
Alfonso Serrano  Oct 10, 2018 12:47PM EDT

With Detention Centers at Capacity, ICE Begins Releasing Immigrant Families

Unable to keep up with case files at the Arizona-Mexico border, Immigration and Customs Enforcement is releasing apprehended immigrants to churches and other nonprofits.
Activists Demonstrate Against President's Immigration Policies
Alfonso Serrano  Oct 9, 2018 2:09PM EDT

Citing Racial Bias, Judge Blocks Trump Administration from Terminating TPS

A district judge extends protection from deportation for some 300,000 immigrants from El Salvador, Sudan, Nicaragua and Haiti.
A demonstrator holds up a red, black and white poster that reads "Nope."
Kenrya Rankin  Oct 6, 2018 3:58PM EDT

Senate Votes to Place Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court

Activists disrupted the proceedings as Vice President Mike Pence called for the vote.
Black person in black shirt and blue denim vest with multicolored pins holds white sign with black text
Kenrya Rankin  Oct 5, 2018 3:05PM EDT

Jury Finds Jason Van Dyke Guilty of Murdering Laquan McDonald

The former Chicago Police Department officer shot the Black teenager 16 times as he was retreating.
Portraits of Black men on red brick background in brown building
Sameer Rao  Oct 4, 2018 3:20PM EDT

Philly Mural Project 'Portraits of Justice' Confronts Mass Incarceration

Formerly incarcerated artists working with Mural Arts Philadelphia created a new art installation in defiance of former mayor and police chief Frank Rizzo’s history of violence in the city.
California governor signs criminal justice reform measures.
Alfonso Serrano  Oct 4, 2018 11:26AM EDT

Series of New Laws Overhauls California's Criminal Justice System

Governor Jerry Brown signs a slew of measures aimed at reducing prison population and stemming the criminalization of people of color.
Border Patrol Agents Detain Migrants Near US-Mexico Border
Alfonso Serrano  Oct 3, 2018 2:51PM EDT

Inspector General Issues Scathing Report on Family Separation Policy

The government watchdog spotlights widespread disarray among federal agencies tasked with implementing the Trump administration’s zero tolerance immigration policy.
Two rows of four books including the titles we can't breather, looking for lorraine, black radical tradition, all you can ever know, ghosts in the schoolyard, unapologetic, citizen illegal and bunk
catherine lizette gonzalez  Oct 3, 2018 7:53AM EDT

The Race-Focused Books We're Reading This Fall

As the nights grow long and the warm weather recedes, let these books on race, history and culture offer you insight and reflection this fall. 
Bill would bar DHS from arresting child sponsors on immigration violations.
Alfonso Serrano  Oct 2, 2018 12:19PM EDT

Bipartisan Bill Would Bar DHS from Arresting Immigrant Child Sponsors

The proposed measure comes after ICE arrested dozens of potential child custodians.
John David Washington. Black man in navy police uniform in front of grey sky and red brick building
Sameer Rao  Sep 28, 2018 4:30PM EDT

'Monsters and Men' Star and Creator On Sweeping Impact of Police Violence

John David Washington and Reinaldo Marcus Green talk to Colorlines about the Sundance hit’s genesis and plot, which explores the fallout of an NYPD officer killing an unarmed Black man.
Police body camera technology
Alfonso Serrano  Sep 27, 2018 12:09PM EDT

READ: Body Cameras Won't Save Us

A new article from The Atlantic says there is only so much that technology can do to improve police accountability.
USCIS improperly vets civil surgeons who treat immigrants
Alfonso Serrano  Sep 26, 2018 2:33PM EDT

REPORT: Feds Hire Doctors with Criminal Records to Examine Immigrants

A new report from the Office of the Inspector General says that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ faulty vetting procedures are placing immigrants at risk.
Michael Irby. Black man in grey shirt and black leather biker vest with white patches with black text, leaning on brown table behind brown and yellow beer bottles and sitting on brown chair in front of beige wall
Sameer Rao  Sep 25, 2018 6:19PM EDT

3 Questions With 'Mayans M.C.' Badass Michael Irby

That star of the “Sons of Anarchy” spinoff talks about playing a complex villain, depicting a slice of Latinx culture on TV and the cruelty of the American criminal justice system.