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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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Sister Helen Prejean is considered one of the nation’s foremost leaders in efforts to abolish the death penalty.In her new book, "River of Fire: My…
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Preet Bharara was U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York until he was fired by President Trump. His new book, "Doing Justice: A Prosecutor's…
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The birth of South Sudan was celebrated the world round, a triumph for global justice and the end of one of the world’s most devastating wars. The…
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With the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy, the Court has never before been more central in American life. It is the nine justices who too often now…
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Alisa Roth is a former staff reporter for Marketplace and frequent contributor to various NPR programs. A Soros Justice Fellow, her work has also appeared…
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Gilbert King is the author of "Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America," which was awarded the Pulitzer…
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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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Keith Payne is a professor of psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an international leader in the psychology of inequality…
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In Anne Makepeace’s new documentary, two Native American judges reach back to traditional concepts of justice in order to reduce incarceration rates,…