Local families brought an end to expensive prison communication, providing a lifeline. But consistent contact still isn’t guaranteed.
Candice Norwood | The 19th
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Incarceration rates for Black men and women have been declining since 2000. Reform efforts are helping.
Recent reform efforts are beginning to reduce imprisonment rates, and Black women and men have seen the most significant differences.
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As Ketanji Brown Jackson testified, Black women saw themselves reflected
Since the announcement of Jackson’s nomination on February 25, the White House and her allies have cast her as a nominee who is both accomplished and can relate a range of life experiences.
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41 years before Ketanji Brown Jackson, Amalya Lyle Kearse was considered for the Supreme Court
On its website, the University of Michigan has an image of the Law School Class of 1962. It’s a sea of White men, smartly dressed in suits and ties. But five rows down, on the right, is Amalya Lyle Kearse, the only Black woman in the class — who would go on to make history […]