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Racial Justice
Derecka Purnell will speak to interested members of the Harvard Law School community about the journey to “becoming abolitionists,” including the pivotal years she spent at Harvard Law School.
Riley Evans uncovers how the commercial bail bonds industry produces human suffering in pursuit of corporate greed. It’s a story of a saloon in San Francisco and a multi-national insurer in Tokyo. It’s a story of campaign donations, complicit judges and
Duncan Kennedy is the Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence, Emeritus at Harvard Law School. He is well known as one of the founders of the Critical Legal Studies movement. This episode is the final segment of Abbey Marr’s interview of
Duncan Kennedy is the Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence, Emeritus at Harvard Law School. He is well known as one of the founders of the Critical Legal Studies movement. This episode contains the second part of Abbey Marr’s three-part interview
Connie Cheng’s powerful new article on The [F]law examines how electronic ankle monitoring, like other alternatives to detention, is billed as more humane. But a closer look reveals that corporations are still in control and immigrants are still not free.
Duncan Kennedy is the Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence, Emeritus at Harvard Law School. He is well known as one of the founders of the Critical Legal Studies movement. This episode is the first part of Abbey Marr’s interview of
When corporations manipulate tribal sovereign immunity, the working poor lose. Learn how payday lenders co-opted tribes’ immunity to hide from state regulators and charge triple-digit interest to low-income consumers. When Gabe Crofford was investigating payday loan complaints at Montana’s Office
In St. Croix, US Virgin Islands, a twice-bankrupt oil refinery is poised to reopen despite a record of environmental disasters. Residents are fighting to protect their health and get a say in their island’s economic future. Read Alicia Keyes’s brilliant
Briahna Joy Gray shares her brilliant thoughts about her experiences and influences in law school, her goals as a journalist and podcaster, her experience on the Bernie Sanders campaign, the role of left-wing journalism, the problem of corporate power, her