News & Commentary
Jan 23, 2018
North Carolina Doesn’t Want People in Prison to Read this Book
We are demanding that North Carolina officials immediately lift the ban on The New Jim Crow in state prisons.
Jan 02, 2018
Will the New Raleigh Police Body Camera Policy Benefit Community Members? TBD.
We have several concerns with the policy as it goes into effect and believe it contains significant barriers to police accountability and transparency.
Dec 20, 2017
Raleigh Police Body Camera Policy Does Not Promote Accountability
Last night the Raleigh Police Department released a revised policy detailing how Raleigh officers will use body-worn cameras. The final policy still includes serious barriers to true accountability and transparency.
Dec 05, 2017
Without a Clean Dream Act, Lives Hang in the Balance
Congress must take action immediately to pass the Dream Act, a bipartisan bill that provides a path to citizenship for more than 2 million immigrant youth and young adults who came to the U.S. as kids, including DACA recipients.
By Yazmin Garcia Rico
Dec 01, 2017
North Carolina Was Home to “Torture Taxis.” A Citizens Commission is Seeking Accountability.
From 2001 to 2006, a North Carolina-based company used a public airport in Johnston County to transport dozens of terrorism suspects to Guantanamo Bay and secret CIA “black sites” across the globe, where they were tortured through waterboarding, sleep deprivation, and other horrific methods.
By Mike Meno
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