Tag Archives: Eric Holder

50 Years Later, Our March Goes On

Posted on August 25, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Eric H. Holder, Jr. It was an honor to speak at the National Action to Realize the Dream March this morning to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. Fifty years ago, Dr. King shared his dream … Continue reading →

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A question of civil rights? Federal role shaped by decades of cases before Trayvon Martin

Posted on August 20, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Associated Press Almost as soon as George Zimmerman was pronounced “not guilty” in a Florida courtroom, the cry went up. The U.S. government must get “justice for Trayvon,” insisted protesters angry about the fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager … Continue reading →

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Mass incarceration does injustice to millions of American children

Posted on August 20, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Michael Leo Owens Reform criminal justice now. That was the core message US Attorney General Eric Holder delivered recently to the American Bar Association and our nation. He declared that “too many Americans go to too many prisons for … Continue reading →

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11 facts about America’s prison population

Posted on August 19, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Ezra Klein and Evan Soltas Here’s a bit of context for Attorney General Eric Holder’s decision to encourage federal prosecutors to charge low-level drug offenders with less severe crimes (thanks to Dylan Matthews and Brad Plumer for doing a … Continue reading →

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The Saggy Pants Don’t Make the Man, The Prisons Do

Posted on August 15, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Russell Simmons I have received so many calls asking me to further respond to Don Lemon after what he said about me this weekend. And I would agree with him that that jail fashion has become the norm, for even … Continue reading →

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Holder: ‘We Can’t Incarcerate Our Way to Becoming a Safer Nation’

Posted on August 12, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Brentin Mock Well, the private prison industry won’t like this at all: Today, Attorney General Eric Holder will announce new policies that will reduce maximized sentences for nonviolent drug offenders who aren’t tied to gangs or large-scale drug organizations. … Continue reading →

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How Secrecy Has Already Corroded Our Democracy in Concrete Ways

Posted on August 8, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Conor Friedersdorf This summer, Rep. James Sensenbrenner, an author and longtime champion of the Patriot Act, emerged as one of the most concerned voices arguing that the law is being used to violate the rights of Americans. A letter the … Continue reading →

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5 Terrible Acts of Voter Discrimination the Voting Rights Act Prevented—But Won’t Anymore

Posted on August 7, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Lauren Williams President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law 48 years ago today. But in June, the conservative justices on the Supreme Court struck down a major section of the law, freeing jurisdictions with … Continue reading →

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The Monsterization of Trayvon Martin

Posted on August 6, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Patricia J. Williams There was a small, crystalline window of time, as I sat waiting for the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial, when it felt as though we were perched between two worlds of possibility. As I watched the … Continue reading →

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Florida Will Hold Hearings On ‘Stand Your Ground’ This Fall

Posted on August 5, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Jeff Spross Will Weatherford, the Republican speaker of Florida’s House of Representatives, revealed on Friday that the state’s legislature will hold hearings on its infamous “Stand Your Ground” laws sometime this fall. While the announcement came buried in one … Continue reading →

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