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Poll Supported by Ford Foundation Finds Young Adults Back New Efforts to Curb Gun Violence

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08/08/2016

The first-of-its-kind poll pays special attention to the voices of young adults of color, highlighting how race and ethnicity shape the opinions of a new generation.

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Why Ford Foundation Is Underwriting Black Lives Matter

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08/08/2016

The Ford Foundation is planning on studying and underwriting what it calls a “new and dynamic form of social justice leadership and infrastructure,” by investing in the Black-Led Movement Fund.

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Originally Funded by Open Society Foundations, ACLU Shifts Gears in Campaign to Cut Jail Population

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08/04/2016

Originally Funded by Open Society Foundations, ACLU Shifts Gears in Campaign to Cut Jail Population The American Civil Liberties Union is retooling an ambitious, donor-funded effort to reduce incarceration across the country,...

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Atlantic Philanthropies Advocating an End to the Death Penalty

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07/20/2016

The Atlantic Philanthropies and its network of partners are using advocacy and communications to end capital punishment in the United States once and for all.

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Ford Foundation’s Darren Walker In NY Times Piece on Criminal Justice

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07/15/2016

“If America is to be America, we have to engage in a larger conversation than just the criminal justice system,” notes Walker.

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Atlantic Philanthropies Joins Black Foundation Executives In Sharing Grief Over Police Shootings

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07/08/2016

Just hours before five police officers were gunned down in the streets of Dallas, black foundation and nonprofit leaders from across the country picked up their phones Thursday and shared their grief.

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Century Foundation Promotes ‘Realistic Steps’ on Gun Violence

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06/15/2016

The country was horrified this weekend to learn of the massacre in Orlando affecting the LGBT and Latino communities, now known as the worst mass shooting in American history.

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Russell Sage Publishes First Book on Court Fines and Fees Exposes Lifetime of Debt Faced by Poor Americans

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06/08/2016

The culmination of years of original research on court fines and fees, "A Pound of Flesh" uncovers how America’s shadow criminal justice system keeps the poor in “permanent punishment” long after incarceration.

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Tow Foundation Supports Fellowships to Strengthen Reporting on Juvenile Justice

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05/25/2016

The Center on Media, Crime and Justice at John Jay College (CMCJ) has selected 26 journalists as Reporting Fellows for its third year-long program aimed at strengthening reporting on juvenile justice during the election year.