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Since the nation’s founding, the fabric of American society has been woven with deeply racist policies, practices, and attitudes that harm Black and Indigenous people of color. These policies have led to an unequal system where white people have both implicit and explicit advantages because of the color of their skin, leading to better opportunities in jobs, education, and housing.
Systemic Equality is a racial justice agenda that seeks to address America’s legacy of racism and systemic discrimination through administrative and legislative campaigns targeting the Biden-Harris administration and Congress, advocacy efforts, legal strategies to strike down laws and practices that exclude and harm, and a significant investment and dedicated resources in the South.
News and Commentary
More of the Same: Private Prison Corporations and Immigration Detention Under the Biden Administration
More of the Same: Private Prison Corporations and Immigration Detention Under the Biden AdministrationThe Biden administration is filling private prison beds emptied out by its own Executive Order with immigrant detainees.
Conceal and Carry Restrictions Can Help Protect Freedom of Expression
Conceal and Carry Restrictions Can Help Protect Freedom of ExpressionThe First Amendment implications of a Second Amendment case
Our Leaders Have the Power to Decarcerate and Save Lives, But Where is the Will?
Our Leaders Have the Power to Decarcerate and Save Lives, But Where is the Will?Reducing jail, prison, and detention center populations is a critical means of fighting the spread of COVID-19.
