A County Sheriff Election in North Carolina Sheds Light on a Controversial ICE Policy
The winner has vowed to discontinue a program that allows local sheriffs' offices to function as satellite immigration detention centers.
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The Department of Education Puts the Brakes on a Texas Schools Civil Rights Investigation
Betsy Devos is leading a movement to roll back the initiatives used by the Obama administration to reduce racial discrimination in school punishments.
Taking Freedom: School Segregation, the Continuing Tragedy of Ferguson
On racial segregation in American schools, using the example of St. Louis, Missouri, and its Normandy district.
‘Segregation’s Constant Gardeners’: How White Women Kept Jim Crow Alive
Meet the good white mothers, PTA members, and newspaper columnists who were also committed white supremacists.
Taking Freedom: Yes, Black America Fears the Police. Here’s Why.
On the historic role of policing in reinforcing racial inequality and how it has led to black Americans' fear of police.
Why Facile Histories of Civil Rights Are So Dangerous
The historian debunks myths around civil rights history and makes the case for why a more honest history is key to moving forward.
Inside the J20 Prosecution: How the Feds Are Criminalizing Dissent
In its case against inauguration protesters, the government is aligning itself with far-right propagandists and fringe vigilantes.
Taking Stock of Thurgood Marshall’s Civil Rights Legacy
Pacific Standard recommends Marshall, a new movie about a pivotal character in the civil rights movement.
Locking Up the Poor One Fine at a Time
A new report outlines how municipal court fines disproportionately target low-income communities.
The Afterlife of Big Ideas in Education Reform
How one high school—mine—explains why we keep making the same mistakes in our education policy.