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Companies still aren't hiring Black men, despite 10.6 million open jobs in the US. It's costing the economy $50 billion.

If the nearly 700,000 Black men looking for jobs got a paycheck, billions more dollars would be in …

Jason Lalljee   


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America's mass-incarceration problem is a huge cost suck for the entire economy — but it's especially devastating for minority communities

One study estimates the cost of incarceration in the US is $180 billion a year. "Throwing more poli…

Paul Constant   


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Biden's menthol cigarette prohibition is so obviously stupid and wrong it boggles the mind

Just like the failed and evil War on Drugs, a ban on menthols is a gift to criminals and will lead …

Anthony L. Fisher   


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California governor proposes closing 2 prisons in response to COVID-19

The move would save California more than $100 million a year, according to an independent analysis.

Charles Davis   


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Stop comparing pandemic lockdowns to prison. As a formerly incarcerated person, what we went through over the last year is nothing compared to prison.

Understandably, the lockdown limited many people's movement and comfort. As a formerly incarcerated…

Ashish Prashar   


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More than 200 incarcerated people and staff at Texas prisons and jails have died from coronavirus, report shows

11 of the 14 incarcerated individuals in jails who died from coronavirus were not convicted of a cr…

Inyoung Choi   


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Despite promises, Biden has yet to issue a single pardon, leaving reformers depressed and thousands incarcerated

President Biden has the unchecked power to grant clemency to any federal prisoner. But he hasn't us…

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These Yale students built an app that makes it super simple for people to communicate with incarcerated loved ones for free

One in three families with loved ones who are incarcerated go into debt to pay for phone calls and …

Rosalie Chan   


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This is what it will take to end mass incarceration

There is reason to be cautiously optimistic: Thanks in part to the Black Lives Matter movement, pro…

Leon Neyfakh   


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Attorney general nominee William Barr helped write the handbook on mass incarceration in the 1990s - but he says he realizes times have changed

"Barr was an ardent champion of policies that have transformed America into the world's leading inc…

Michelle Mark   


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Tarra Simmons, the first felon elected to Washington state's legislature, wants to give formerly incarcerated people a second chance

In 2017, Washington State didn't allow Tarra Simmons to sit for the bar. She fought back, becoming …

Azmi Haroun   


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Bill Clinton admits his presidency contributed to mass incarceration

There was a whole movement toward emphasizing that, especially that three strikes deal, because we …

Christina Sterbenz   


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Mitt Romney slams Hillary Clinton's call for 'mass incarceration' to end

This is not the first time that Romney has criticized a presidential candidate for allegedly politi…

Maxwell Tani   


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Obama is trying to fix the 'war on drugs' with clemency - but it won't make a dent in mass incarceration

Early in October, Obama commuted the sentences of more than 100 inmates, bringing his total to 774 …

Michelle Mark   


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A new poll shows that even liberals won't support the measures that will end mass incarceration

The poll found that the majority of voters - particularly liberals - think mass incarceration is ca…

Michelle Mark   


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Judge identifies the simplest explanation for why America leads the world in mass incarceration

In his Harvard speech, Rakoff said we can't know for sure whether falling crime rates were a direct…

Erin Fuchs   


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2 advocates for prison reform have a controversial proposal to end mass incarceration

In an op-ed for The New York Times, Marc Mauer, executive director of the Sentencing Project, and D…

Christina Sterbenz   


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