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A woman wearing a face mask holds onto the bars of a gate.

The New Jane Crow: Women’s Mass Incarceration

(Editor’s Note: This article is part of a special Just Security “Racing National Security” symposium edited by editorial board member Matiangai Sirleaf. The goal of…
Sex workers on the street wait wearing face masks outside a house where members of the Miluska Life and Dignity Association, a local umbrella group caring for sex workers distribute daily meals from a communal kitchen in downton Lima, on May 28, 2020.

Pandemic Politics: Race, Sex, and the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court waded into debates on harm-reduction and crime control for the second time when they revisited and clarified issues related to the U.S. government funding of…
Police in full riot gear, some wearing masks and others not, stand in a row on July 1, 2020 in New York City.

Black Security and the Conundrum of Policing

We are in a new phase of the long police reform debate. Over decades, opaque spending, police staffing practices, expansion of criminal codes, and other factors have made some…
Supporters raise their fists while standing at the State Capitol during a National Mother's March in St. Paul, Minnesota July 12, 2020.

Does Transitional Justice Belong in the United States?

The first piece in our Racing National Security Symposium explains why transitional justice belongs in the United States.
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