JC in the News
You can access the latest roundup of JC members in the news, appearing in outlets such as The Washington Post, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, NBC News, and The New York Times.
Scholar
- Baskin-Sommers 3
- Bell 10
- Betts 15
- Bozic 1
- Camacho 11
- Canales 1
- Doherty 3
- Forman Jr 21
- Goff 38
- Gohara 7
- Gripp 1
- Hinton 24
- Jackson 1
- Justice 1
- Justice Collaboratory 1
- Katsaros 3
- Kohler-Hausmann 6
- Meares 39
- Nobo 4
- Orihuela 1
- Papachristos 10
- Peyton 1
- Richeson 8
- Sierra-Arévalo 3
- Stanley 6
- Thomas 1
- Tyler 15
- Venkatesh 5
- Wang 7
- Weaver 8
- Yaffe 2
The Black prison population increased during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, report finds
The Grio | While more white people were released from prison, more Black and brown people were going to prison in the year after the pandemic started.
White people were kept out of prison during COVID. Blacks, Latinos were left behind bars.
USA Today | New research by JC members Elizabeth Hinton and Emily Wang, MD find that the historic reductions in U.S. prison populations during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately benefited white people.
The Return of the Mass Protest
New York Magazine | Elizabeth Hinton likens instances of police violence in response to BLM protests in NYC to those from the 60’s and 70’s in the New York Magazine's special issue commemorating 10 years since the death of Trayvon Martin.
Stash-House Stings Carry Real Penalties for Fake Crimes
The New Yorker | Elizabeth Hinton's 2016 book “From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime" is cited to illustrate how law enforcement's undercover operations are often concentrated in poor Black neighborhoods.
‘America on Fire’: How police oppression fuels protests by Black citizens
CS Monitor | Historian Elizabeth Hinton analyzes the cycle of police aggression and Black community protests since the 1960s in “America on Fire”
The Unknown History of Black Uprisings
The New Yorker | In a new book, the historian Elizabeth Hinton reveals that, in the late sixties and early seventies, there were hundreds of local rebellions against white violence and racial inequality.
Killings spiked in the US and Republicans blame calls to ‘defund the police.’ But they are also rising in cities that increased spending on cops.
The Baltimore Sun | Hinton commented on COVID and mass unemployment and general anxiety in an article on rising crime.
History is turning toward Black history: In Chicago’s DuSable debate, in remembering the Tulsa Massacre. Five books guide the way.
Hinton was quoted discussing the serious expansion and reframing of American history and her book was cited in a discussion on Race Massacres.
Will We Ever Get Beyond ‘The Fire Next Time’?
The New York Times | In this op-ed, Elizabeth Hinton discussed the cycle of police violence and Black rebellion in light of the anniversary of George Floyd's murder and the release of her book, America on Fire, that examines these themes.
Reclaiming the Power of Rebellion
Elizabeth Hinton is interviewed about her new book, America on Fire, and discusses how the label "riot" discredits Black political demands.
Recasting ‘Riots’ as Black Rebellions
The New York Times | This book review takes a look at Professor Elizabeth Hinton's recently released book, America on Fire.
Unearthing the Roots of Black Rebellion
The New York Times | The Times profiles JC member Prof. Elizabeth Hinton about her new book America On Fire.
Compliance Will Not Save Me
The Atlantic | This article briefly mentioned Elizabeth Hinton's new book, America on Fire, and how it examines the endless cycle of police violence and Black rebellion.
How the Violence Against Women Act Failed Women
The Nation | This article briefly quoted Elizabeth Hinton to argue that the seeds of mass incarceration were planted well before the 1994 Crime Bill, against the backdrop of the 1960s.
We were warned about a divided America 50 years ago. We ignored the signs - a Commentary by Elizabeth Hinton
The Washington Post | Elizabeth Hinton is a Professor of Law and a member of the Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School, as well as an Associate Professor of History & African American Studies at Yale.
The Unsettling Message of Judas and the Black Messiah
In this op-ed, Elizabeth Hinton discusses how the move Judas and the Black Messiah criticizes the FBI’s surveillance of past and present social movements.
How 2020 Will Go Down in the History Books, According to Historians
TIME | In this round-up article, Elizabeth Hinton was quoted to explain how 2020 will be remembered as one of the most challenging years in modern history, but also one when new conversations about systemic racism and new forms of collective action arose in unexpected places.
Elizabeth Alexander's Fierce Vision of Social Justice
The Wall Street Journal | The Million Book Project, Professor of Law Elizabeth Hinton, and Reginald Dwayne Betts ’16 are mentioned in a Wall Street Journal story about Elizabeth Alexander’s initiatives at the Mellon Foundation.