by Press | Mar 25, 2019 | Newsclips
Year after year, Stuyvesant High has abysmal enrollment rates for black and Latino students. But the debate over admissions reform is brimming with misunderstandings.
by Press | Mar 21, 2019 | Newsclips
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A county in northeast Oklahoma routinely jails poor people because they can’t afford to pay court-ordered fees and fines, according to a civil rights lawsuit filed Thursday against three judges.
by Press | Mar 20, 2019 | Newsclips
The number of Black students entering New York City’s elite public schools hit a shocking low that renewed questions about the fairness of using standardized tests as the only measure for admissions.
by Press | Mar 20, 2019 | Newsclips
As she was released from a juvenile detention facility in 2013, Tulsa teenager Sharonica Carter still was facing a $2,700 fine imposed when Carter first pleaded guilty in 2011. Five years and two jail stays later, the amount that Carter now owes totals $5,000. On...
by Press | Mar 17, 2019 | Newsclips
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law has issued a new report on the punishing nature of fine systems in Arkansas courts that impoverish and jail people trapped with never-ending payments for “process” infractions. The report is said to...
by Press | Mar 16, 2019 | Newsclips
The State of Mississippi must redraw district lines for a state senate district in the Mississippi Delta that was gerrymandered by the Magnolia State GOP, according to a court order issued by a panel of federal judges late Friday night.
