No Equal Justice is the seminal work on race- and class-based double standards in criminal justice. Hailed as a “shocking and necessary book” by The Economist , it has become the standard reference point for anyone trying to understand the fundamental inequalities in the American legal system. The book, written by constitutional law scholar and… Read More →
Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America’s Racial Justice Movement. A behind-the-scenes account of the #blacklivesmatter movement shares insights into the young men and women behind it, citing the racially charged controversies that have motivated members and the economic, political, and personal histories that inform its purpose. Publisher Little, Brown and Company Published 2016… Read More →
When she told me she was pregnant, I was stunned. She was only fifteen and a foster kid. I flashed all kinds of thoughts: How do I tell my mother so she could tell my father? I’m only sixteen, and going to be a father with no job. I went home and lay down. The… Read More →
America’s Problem with race has deep roots, with the country’s foundation tied to the near extermination of one race of people and the enslavement of another. Racism is truly our nation’s original sin. “It’s time we right this unacceptable wrong,” says bestselling author and leading Christian activist Jim Wallis. Fifty years ago, Wallis was driven… Read More →