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What Inspires My Research and Advocacy for Equal Justice

Dec 21 2022
By Daniel Hatcher, author of Injustice, Inc.: How America’s Justice System Commodifies Children and the PoorI’ve been an advocate for impoverished children and adults for over twenty-five years. In my first legal aid job, I represented hundreds of children pulled into the chaotically dysfunction
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Overturning New York Times vs. Sullivan Would Endanger Freedom of Speech

Dec 20 2022
By Samantha Barbas, author of Actual Malice: Civil Rights and Freedom of the Press in New York Times v. SullivanSarah Palin’s loss in her well-publicized libel suit against the New York Times in February 2022 could result in a decision affecting the most significant First Amendment ruling in his
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What Imperfect Victims like Sally McNeil Show us About the Criminal Justice System

Dec 15 2022
By Leigh Goodmark, author of Imperfect Victims: Criminalized Survivors and the Promise of Abolition FeminismSally McNeil, like many of the people featured in my new book, Imperfect Victims: Criminalized Survivors and the Promise of Abolition Feminism, is an imperfect victim.The subject of th
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