How Ban the Box Can Lead to Even More Racial Discrimination by Employers
On the question of whether preventing employers from asking about criminal history really leads to more equitable hiring practices, the evidence is disturbingly mixed.
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How Some States Are Planning to Compensate the Communities Most Devastated by the War on Drugs
Across the country, there's a growing movement for economic empowerment through legalization.
Dispatches: What You Need to Know About Polarizing Political Divides
News and notes from Pacific Standard staff and contributors.
Inside the Theater of Complicity
In SupremacyLand, visitors are forced to examine how they respond to overt expressions of racial bigotry.
How Can U.S. Policymakers Fix the Broken Criminal Justice System?
A criminal justice expert weighs in on a recent report to the United Nations outlining systemic racism in the U.S. criminal justice system.
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.
Research Finds That Racism, Sexism, and Status Fears Drove Trump Voters
Two new studies suggest Trump broadened the Republican Party's appeal by tapping into deep-seated anxieties and prejudices.
A Report to the U.N. Reveals Deep Racial Disparities in America’s Criminal Justice System
There are 2.2 million incarcerated individuals in the U.S.
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.
Xenophobic Prejudice Doesn’t Just Affect Immigrants—It Harms U.S.-Born People of Color Too
Anti-immigrant rhetoric may affect a broader population of people than previously thought.