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Commentary August 20, 2018
Jim Crow’s Lasting Legacy At The Ballot Box
Denying voting rights to people with felony convictions has roots in racist laws.
By Jennifer Rae Taylor
Commentary April 12, 2017
Uneasy Riders
Before United, a legacy of excessive force in transportation
Robin Washington
Feature January 3, 2017
Getting Away With Murder
Researching lynching cold cases, law students restore history.
By Beth Schwartzapfel
Commentary January 15, 2016
Martin Luther King, Thurgood Marshall and the Way to Justice
Two towering lives in a prequel to Black Lives Matter.
By Wil Haygood
News August 10, 2015
What We’ve Learned About Racial Disparity in Policing Since Ferguson
A brief overview of the numbers.
By Andrew Cohen
Commentary July 21, 2015
What Harper Lee Got Right
“Go Set a Watchman” puts the “white savior” notion in its place.
By Gilbert King
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