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The Rise of Incarceration in Los Angeles: An Interview with Kelly Lytle Hernandez

In today’s post, Erica Sterling, a PhD student in the Department of History at Harvard University, interviews Kelly Lytle Hernandez about

This post is part of my blog series that announces the release of new films in African American History and African Diaspora Studies.

by Dan Berger and David Stein “Everyone should go to jail, say, once every ten years,” opined novelist and poet

The stirring directive sounded like the denouement of a legal thriller: “I am going to ask you, if you will,

This post is part of our online forum, “Remembering Malcolm,” edited by Garrett Felber. Malcolm X. (Source: AP Photo/Eddie Adams) In one