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.

 

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The "Find Something New" Edition

Slate | J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law James Forman, Jr. ’92 was the guest host of Slate’s Political Gabfest podcast where the COVID-19 pandemic, cancel culture, and racial justice were discussed.

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What the Police really believe

Vox | Justice Collaboratory members Phillip Atiba Goff and Vesla Weaver are featured in Vox about the largely unknown ideology of American policing — and how it justifies racist violence.

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Into Resuming Federal Executions

NBC News | Clinical Associate Professor of Law Miriam Gohara was a guest on the NBC News “Into America” podcast where she discussed the death penalty.

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How Overpoliced Communities Become Politically Engaged

Niskanen Center Podcast | Justice Collaboratory member Professor Vesla Weaver (Johns Hopkins University) speaks with The Niskanen Center's podcast about The Portals Project, which finds that people in overpoliced neighborhoods have complicated attitudes toward police.

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With Books and New Focus, Mellon Foundation to Foster Social Equity

New York Times | The New York Times reports on the Million Book Project, funded by a gift from the Mellon Foundation, that will be administered by The Justice Collaboratory with the assistance of Reginald Dwayne Betts ’16, now a YLS Ph.D. candidate, and Elizabeth Hinton, professor of history, African American studies and law.

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The Argument for Prison Abolition

The Crime Report | Associate Professor of Law Monica Bell ’09 is quoted in The Crime Report article about prison abolition.

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Do Police Needs Guns?

NPR | Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law Tracey Meares was interviewed on NPR’s Here and Now about the role guns play in law enforcement in the U.S. and other countries.

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How Violent Police Culture Perpetuates Itself

GQ | Justice Collaboratory Member Michael Sierra-Arévalo talks to GQ about his research to better understand the mechanisms driving our nation’s policing crisis.

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