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Sandra Susan Smith

Sandra Susan Smith aims to eradicate disparities in criminal courts

Summer 2022

Abortion-rights activists argue with anti-abortion activists in front of the Supreme Court on June 26, 2022 in Washington, DC.

Roe v. Wade has been overturned. What does that mean for America?

June 28, 2022

Prospective employers and job seekers interact during a job fair in Los Angeles, California.

Experts argue that more work is needed to remove the stigma of a criminal record on job applications

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March 23, 2022

From left to right, Setti Warren, Cornell William Brooks, Sandra Susan Smith, Yanilda Gonzalez sit on the Forum stage.

Kennedy School experts discuss racial justice and policing

February 28, 2023

Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) speaks to media during a Congressional Progressive Caucus press conference.

Representative Barbara Lee on the United States’ need for a “truth-telling moment” on race

October 24, 2022

Many associate wearing monitoring devices, like the one shown, with a conviction, which is another burden of the pretrial order.

San Francisco has fewer pretrial detainees in jail. But at what cost?

September 16, 2022

Japanese American citizens and resident Japanese aliens were incarcerated from 1942 to 1945 during World War II at Manzanar War Relocation Center. Photos are displayed alongside family tags at Manzanar National Historic Site in California.

Internment camps don’t fire up minority political engagement—they depress it

August 01, 2022

People sit atop the Cup Foods building at an event to remember the life of George Floyd in Minneapolis, MN.

Research shows racial bias is real. Are we ready to talk about it?

June 03, 2022

Cornell William Brooks speaking at JFK Jr. Forum.

Q&A with Professor Cornell William Brooks: Spotlight on the William Monroe Trotter Collaborative for Social Justice

August 03, 2021

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