Since it was enacted in 1965, the federal Voting Rights Act (VRA) has been a transformative piece of civil rights law intended to protect voters of color from practices that make it harder for them to vote...
Turning military bases into massive tent detention sites is not only unnecessary and costly; it’s another dehumanizing spectacle designed to intimidate all of us and deprive those detained of their rights...
The 1967 Newark Rebellion was fueled by years of racial disparities in policing and arrests, unequal access to resources and opportunities, and civic disenfranchisement – issues New Jersey still faces.
Supersession of city police departments by the attorney general has long been a critical means of stopping egregious abuses by police departments, which have historically and disproportionately affected...
Today, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals found AB 5207, a state law prohibiting private detention contracts within state borders, to be unconstitutional.
Expanding immigration detention to military facilities sets a dangerous precedent and is contrary to the values embedded in our Constitution.
