Mar 31 Suspect in attack on Asian American woman in New York City is arrested By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press A parolee convicted of killing his mother nearly two decades ago was arrested on charges including felony assault as a hate crime for attacking an Asian American woman near New York City’s Times Square. Continue reading
Mar 28 Watch 7:57 The ‘disproportionate, inequitable justice’ of non-unanimous jury verdicts By PBS NewsHour For more on the issue of split-verdict juries from our signature segment, wrongful convictions, and the inequities in the American criminal justice system, New Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams joined Hari Sreenivasan to discuss, including what happens to those… Continue watching
Jan 26 Biden to order end of federally run private prisons By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press The moves come as Biden is set to sign a series of orders and memorandums Tuesday to spotlight the new administration's effort to make combating racial injustice a central focus of his presidency. Continue reading
Jan 23 Watch 5:24 Building a new generation of civil rights lawyers By Ivette Feliciano The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund recently launched a civil rights lawyer scholarship program as a pipeline to “address racial injustice and inequality in the South." NewsHour Weekend's Ivette Feliciano spoke with Associate Director-Counsel, Janai Nelson about the program… Continue watching
Oct 17 Watch 5:48 Economy, racial injustice: Young Ohioans are turning out the vote By Ivette Feliciano, Laura Fong For the first time, young people, all born after 1980, make up more than half the U.S. population, according to a Brookings Institute analysis of the U.S. census -- making them a significant share of eligible voters. Ivette Feliciano spoke… Continue watching
Sep 26 Watch 7:48 In rural Massachusetts, racial injustice persists despite big BLM turnout By Zachary Green, Ivette Feliciano This summer, thousands of residents showed up for the Black Lives Matter protests in Great Barrington, Massachusetts -- a small town of less than 7,000 people. NewsHour Weekend’s Zachary Green, who grew up there, reports on how Black people in… Continue watching
Sep 23 Protesters resume call for justice after Breonna Taylor decision By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, Associated Press Within minutes of the announcement, about 100 people marched down a major thoroughfare. Continue reading
Sep 23 1 officer indicted in Breonna Taylor case, but not for her death By Associated Press Brett Hankison was charged Wednesday with three counts of wanton endangerment for firing into the apartments of Taylor's neighbors. Taylor was shot multiple times by officers who burst into her home on March 13 during a narcotics investigation. Continue reading
Sep 18 Independent investigation into Daniel Prude’s death advances By Associated Press The Rochester City Council has authorized independent investigators to issue subpoenas to various city departments and others as they look into the suffocation death of Daniel Prude. Continue reading
Sep 15 WATCH: House GOP unveils tax cuts, police funds in election agenda By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press House Minority leader Kevin McCarthy has rolled out Republicans’ priorities of tax breaks and police funding for 2021. It's the GOP’s calling card to voters as they try to wrest back seats from Democrats in the November election. Continue reading