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Community Violence Interventions—Not More Police—Are the Future of Public Safety
Gun violence is rising across the country—in big cities and rural communities,…
Sep 01, 2021
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High School Justice Scholars Examine Criminal Legal System and Hope to Transform It
The U.S. criminal legal system does not deliver justice. The high school…
Aug 12, 2021
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Released From Prison With No Place to Live
When Karl Fort was released from prison in July 2019, he faced the same…
Aug 06, 2021
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Keeping Incarcerated People From Their Families Is Cruel
Rashaad Porter couldn’t believe what he was seeing. There, in a prison in…
Aug 04, 2021
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The Biden Administration Is Trying to Speed Up Deportations
President Biden has been in office for more than half a year, giving us…
Aug 03, 2021
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Three Advocates on the Lasting Legacy and Hopeful Future of the Criminal Justice Reform Movement
Nonprofits like Vera are accountable to many people. There are the thousands…
Jul 08, 2021
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On Independence Day, Whose “Freedom” Do We Celebrate?
In 1852, Frederick Douglass delivered an address in which he asked:
What, to…
Jul 02, 2021
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Fifty Years Ago Today, President Nixon Declared the War on Drugs
Today, police make more than 1.5 million drug arrests each year, and about…
Jun 17, 2021
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The Chains of Slavery Still Exist in Mass Incarceration
The 13th Amendment may have outlawed the enslavement of Black people, but the…
Jun 17, 2021
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"There Is No Other Like You": Remembering Herb Sturz
Just 10 short days after we said goodbye to Michael E. Smith, Vera’s president…
Jun 11, 2021