The United States leads the developed world in mass shootings and firearms related deaths. Our policies are not working. Unfortunately, the solutions offered by many are just more of the same misguided policies that brought us to this violent situation. Many of the proposals seek to criminalize and weaponize our schools so that they are… Read More
The #MeToo movement has captured many people’s attention and sparked conversations about the important issues of stopping sexual harassment and equalizing pay for women. But there are huge sectors of women in our society who lack the #MeToo movement’s power and resources to fight back. Some of these women are shut out of the work… Read More
As Thanksgiving approaches and many of us look to find gratitude, let’s consider how some of the things we may be grateful for are denied to others in our community. In fact, there are things that many of us take so much for granted that we may forget to even be grateful for them. Benjamin… Read More
As I prepare to celebrate the holiday season, I am struck by things that I am grateful for, but which are denied to many in our communities. In particular, I am concerned with privilege as it relates to the justice system. Basic rights become privilege when our system offers the rights only to some, while… Read More
If we are serious about tackling our nation’s mass incarceration problem, we absolutely need to double down nationally on efforts to stop criminalizing school children’s behavior. Much has been written in recent years about what has been dubbed the school to prison pipleline, where kids acting out at school in typical kid fashion suddenly… Read More
