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The Square One Project is a justice reform effort that re-examines community and policy responses to violence, poverty, and racial inequality. See our new web site for more... squareonejustice.org
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There's much that is important in this new piece on work and poverty by @justshelter but the final observation is crucial: “Nobody who works should be poor,” we say. That’s not good enough. Nobody in America should be poor, period. nyti.ms/2MkTNLc

Americans Want to Believe Jobs Are the Solution to Poverty. They’re Not. (Published 2018)

U.S. unemployment is down and jobs are going unfilled. But for people without much education, the real question is: Do those jobs pay enough to live on?

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So nice to see the good guys still win once in a while. theguardian.com/sport/2018/s…

Colin Kaepernick becomes the face of Nike's Just Do It campaign

Colin Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback who sparked controversy by kneeling during the national anthem, will be the face of a Nike ad campaign

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Eliminating money bail in California sacbee.com/news/politics-gov…

Jerry Brown signs bill eliminating money bail in California

Gov. Jerry Brown on Aug. 28, 2018, signed Senate Bill 10, which eliminates cash bail in California starting in 2020 and replaces it with a system of risk assessment and nonmonetary conditions of...

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A new order by the San Francisco superior court will waive $32million in criminal justice fees from about 21,000 people. Excellent move to end the cycle of debt and criminal justice reinvolvement sfchronicle.com/politics/art…

Criminal justice system fees for 21,000 waived

David Ladd was trying to move on.

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The tides are turning... fox2now.com/2018/08/07/wesle…

Bob McCulloch loses in stunning primary upset

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Police kill about 3 men per day in the US, according to new study theconversation.com/police-k… via @ConversationUS

Police kill about 3 men per day in the US, according to new study

Official records on police homicides are full of holes. A new study tries to fill in the gaps – and finds new evidence of racial and regional inequality.

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Congratulations to the brilliant @Sarah_Brayne on winning this year's Law and Society Association best article award for her piece, "Big Data Surveillance." If you haven't read it yet, go read it. If you've read it, go read it again! @law_soc @asr_journal journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs…
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Insightful and moving thread about the eviction epidemic: xitter.cf/emilymbadger/status/98…
Emily Badger@emilymbadger7 Apr 2018
.@just_shelter + team have tracked down 83 million court records about eviction across the country back to 2000, revealing a problem more widespread than anyone I spoke to thought: nytimes.com/interactive/2018…

In 83 Million Eviction Records, a Sweeping and Intimate New Look at Housing in America (Published...

A Princeton sociologist chronicled the human toll of eviction in one city in a 2016 book. A new project may reveal just how widespread the problem is.

nytimes.com
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Good morning. We built this for you: evictionlab.org/

The Eviction Lab

We’ve built the first nationwide database of evictions. Use our map tool to see eviction rates in your community, view rankings for places across the country, and learn about the causes and effects...

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TODAY — Join us as we welcome @PikettyLeMonde to Harvard's JFK Jr. Forum —> Get the paper (new!) and download the @wid_inequality World Inequality Report 2018 📈 mailchi.mp/harvard/pikettyfo… WATCH LIVE at 4pm: iop.harvard.edu/forum/thomas… via @JFKJrForum @Kennedy_School @Harvard
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Top 10 causes of death among young people in the United States, 2016
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FRIDAY @JFKJrForum — Join the discussion with Thomas Piketty: Rising Inequality and the Changing Structure of Political Conflict An Inequality & Social Policy special event @Harvard @Kennedy_School iop.harvard.edu/forum/thomas…
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So excited that @AnquanBoldin is joining us to celebrate #YoungJusticeNerds! High school and college students, please apply! youtu.be/j1OWZn2T-BE
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Useful reminder of the relationship between gun control and gun deaths, from the National Journal
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washingtonpost.com/news/wonk…

There’s been a big decline in the black incarceration rate, and almost nobody’s paying attention

This is a sign of progress almost nobody has paid attention to.

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There’s been a big decline in the black incarceration rate, and almost nobody’s paying attention

This is a sign of progress almost nobody has paid attention to.

washingtonpost.com
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The Justice Lab at Columbia University is hiring a project leader for a new justice policy reform effort. Please help us spread the word. @CUJusticeLab academicjobs.columbia.edu/ap…
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US prison population down by 21,000 (1.4%) in 2016. Down by 110,000 since peak in 2009. Declines experienced broadly with 31 states and the feds reporting shrinking prison populations over the year.
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Writing about the complex moral challenge of violence themarshallproject.org/2017/… via @MarshallProj

Making Sense of Senseless Violence

A Harvard sociologist on a recent story from The Marshall Project and the ways violence begets more violence.

themarshallproject.org
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