Via San Francisco Chronicle.  Rep. Barbara Lee Proposes Racial Healing and Truth Commission Amid Pandemic, Protests Tal Kopan June 1, 2020 Updated: June 2, 2020 9:29 a.m. WASHINGTON — As a spate of recent killings of black Americans and a weekend of intense protests have left the nation reeling, Rep. Barbara Lee is introducing legislation to create a … Read More

Via Google Books.  When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America Ira Katznelson W. W. Norton & Company, 2005 – History – 238 pages A groundbreaking work that exposes the twisted origins of affirmative action. When Affirmative Action Was White demonstrates that all the key programs passed during the New Deal and Fair … Read More

Via New Jim Crow.  The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness “One of the most influential books of the last 20 years.” —Chronicle of Higher Education “Two years after Obama’s election, Alexander put the entire criminal justice system on trial, exposing racial discrimination from lawmaking to policing to the denial of … Read More

Via Equal Justice Initiative.  Just Mercy A Story of Justice and Redemption A powerful true story about the Equal Justice Initiative, the people we represent, and the importance of confronting injustice, Just Mercy is a bestselling book by Bryan Stevenson that has been adapted into a feature film. ABOUT Equal Justice Initiative EJI is committed to ending … Read More