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Tag: Sandra Bland
Opinion
At a Loss for Words After George Floyd: Three Actions in Lieu of Statements
Race is foundational to our nation, its original sin. We live in a racist society, so we all do racists things. Racism, moreover, is systemic. We can no more escape it than we can avoid breathing in polluted air.
June 16, 2020
Opinion
First Step or First Stumble?
Michelle Alexander’s 2010 book, The New Jim Crow, captured the sobering reality that the United States now locks up more people, per incident, than any other country in the world.
March 21, 2019
Latest News
Documentary Explores “Driving While Black”
“Driving While Black,” a documentary in the works by a Cooperstown, N.Y., academic, a longtime documentary maker, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Steeplechase Films is scheduled to be shown on PBS next year.
December 9, 2018
Opinion
Mothering Behind Bars
As we grow older, Mother’s Day evokes grief over the loss of grandmothers and other mother figures who have made their transition. Yet for 2 million children in the United States, this Mother’s Day reveals the human costs of our addiction to incarceration.
May 9, 2018
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