News & Commentary about Racial Justice

The Racial Justice Program (RJP) fights to eradicate racial injustice in the U.S. and works to foster a society in which people of color and communities of color have full access to the rights and benefits of American society. Working with affected communities, RJP litigates, advocates, and educates to strike at the roots of racial injustice.
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May 22, 2020
H.R. 40 Is Not a Symbolic Act. It’s a Path to Restorative Justice.

May 22, 2020
America, It Is Time to Talk ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ Reparations

May 21, 2020
A Lesson From COVID-19: A History of Racism and Disease in Hawai‘i

May 19, 2020
When a Two-Year Sentence Becomes a Death Sentence

May 14, 2020
In Fear of Falling Behind and Privacy Invasions, Students Demand Action on Remote Learning

May 8, 2020
What the Caucuses Taught me ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ Inequities in our Electoral System

May 1, 2020
McDonald’s Employees are Working through the COVID-19 Pandemic. So Why Don’t They Have Access to Paid Sick and Family Leave?

Apr 30, 2020
COVID-19 Will Bring Mass Evictions Unless We Act Now
Apr 22, 2020
Centering Racial Equity in the Fight to Legalize Marijuana