By Shel Gross In my career as a lobbyist, I learned that the road to policy approval can be long and circuitous. I can point to policy “wins” that were […]
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Some Good News from the Sentencing Project
Submitted by Katie Mulligan Youth arrests and incarceration increased in the closing decades of the 20th century but have fallen sharply since. Public opinion often lags behind these realities, wrongly […]
Read More »The Other Wes Moore (book review)
Wes Moore, The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates. Random House, 2011 Review by Sherry Reames Wes Moore was not yet governor of Maryland when he wrote this book, but […]
Read More »Racial Justice for All Children (RJAC) 2024 Report
Racial Justice for All Children Task Force (RJAC) Had a Busy Year In 2024, RJAC was active on a number of fronts, including developing new avenues for promoting racial justice […]
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Update on the Right to Read Bill (ACT 20)
Update on the Right to Read Bill (ACT 20) By Shel Gross and Tracy Frank The Racial Justice for All Children committee (RJAC), and specifically the Education Advocacy Group (EAG), […]
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