Maura Ewing is a Brooklyn-based writer focused on criminal justice and affordable housing issues.
A new initiative by the National Park Service seeks to designate sites for their historic significance in the Reconstruction era. It's a bold and vital move for an agency that has only recently begun to seriously address the racial complexities of the Civil War.
From Indiana to Pennsylvania, second-chance legislation is increasingly becoming a viable option for some offenders.
According to new research, racially discriminatory businesses were twice as likely to fail compared to those that were not identified as such.
Maine Governor Paul LePage has been making outlandish accusations against the black community. The American Civil Liberties Union is calling his bluff — by asking to see his files.
The Department of Justice’s report on the Baltimore Police Department reveals a pattern of cops abusing their communities’ most vulnerable members.
Defendants who can't make bail, regardless of their crime, are four times more likely to be sentenced to time in prison. So much for innocent until proven guilty.