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A former aide to Robert F. Kennedy and senior official in the Clinton administration, Peter Edelman has devoted his life to understanding the causes of…
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Union College is sponsoring a talk by one of the country's foremost experts in sentencing policy, race and the criminal justice system.Marc Mauer is the…
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At the age of nine, Issac J. Bailey saw his hero, his eldest brother, taken away in handcuffs, not to return from prison for thirty-two years. Bailey…
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In Tayari Jones’ new novel, “An American Marriage,” newlyweds Celestial and Roy, African-American professional who live in Atlanta, find their lives…
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Susan Burton is the founder and executive director of A New Way of Life, a nonprofit that provides sober housing and other support to formerly…
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Thousands of pregnant women pass through our nation’s jails every year. What happens to them as they carry their pregnancies in a space of punishment? In…
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Mourning the loss of her elder son Myles, Bethea tries to help her younger son Gideon through his grief. But as revelations surrounding Myles’…
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In the 1970s, the United States had an incarceration rate comparable to those of other liberal democracies-and that rate had held steady for over 100…
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Darius Clark Monroe, award-winning film director, producer, and screenwriter, will provide commentary and answer questions immediately following the…
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Piper Kerman was a 24 year old Smith College graduate in 1993 when she flew to Belgium with a suitcase of money intended for a West African drug lord.…