In the wake of Meek Mill's hypervigilant sentencing, we look to the ongoing efforts of Hip Hop artists to end mass incarceration.

The so-called war on drugs has been seen as a haphazard attack on first-time offenders, landing a countless number of Black men and women in jail over minor drug charges. With a new best-selling book from Ohio State University law professor Michelle Alexander, America is forced to look at the war on drugs as a […]

As we recall the civil rights gains that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. worked so hard for, noted legal scholar Michelle Alexander claims there’s still a long way to go before blacks achieve true social equality. SEE ALSO: Will Obama Outsmart Everyone? In her book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, […]