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Statewide Social Justice Coalition Meeting, September 26, 2018

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There was no wave of compassion when addicts were hooked on crack

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“New York’s Cardozo Law School Professor Ekow Yankah compares today’s approach to heroin users to the tough-on-crime response a few decades ago to those using crack cocaine.”  Click here to hear the PBS News Hour interview.

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New Jersey Institute for Social Justice Panel Discussion on Youth Incarceration March 29, 2018

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When: Thursday, March 29, 2018, 7 pm Where: Princeton Public Library, Community Room In the wake of the closing of two antiquated juvenile corrections facilities, a panel examines the future of New Jersey’s juvenile justice system. Panelists include social justice…

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How a racist hate-monger masterminded America’s War on Drugs

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Laura Smith describes the role of Harry Anslinger, first commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, whose racist views were instrumental in the criminalization of drug use.  He targeted jazz musicians in particular.  His agents hounded Billie Holiday until her…

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We Are 1844 No More, Rally on February 26, 2018

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Monday at 11 AM – 12 PM, New Jersey State House, 125 W State St, Trenton

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