Sep 5, 2018 | Civil Rights
Brief #58—Civil Rights Policy Summary In 11 states, prisoners and prison organizers have organized hunger strikes, work stoppages, and commissary boycotts to protest deplorable prison conditions and to demand the end of what they call “prison slavery” for 19...
Aug 22, 2018 | Civil Rights
Brief #56—Civil Rights Policy Summary: In July 2018, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) published a blog post about the results of an experiment they conducted using Amazon.com’s facial recognition software known as “Rekognition.” The...
Aug 8, 2018 | Immigration
Brief #48—Immigration Policy President Trump was court ordered to reunify families by July 26, 2018 (see Brief #47,) While the government claims the deadline was met, more than 700 children (yes, every 1 in 3 children) still held in government custody were not...
Jul 24, 2018 | Immigration
Brief #47—Immigration Policy Summary In reaction to the Trump Administration separating families at the border there has been a lot of responses, more often than not, questioning the morality and effectiveness of the practice. On June 26, 17 states (including...
Jul 16, 2018 | Immigration
Brief #46—Immigration Policy Summary On June 26, 2018, the Supreme Court officially voted to uphold Trump’s travel ban that has been on his agenda since the early days of his presidency. Now, there are travel restrictions on individuals coming from Iran, Libya,...
