Unlawful Entry
I watched the police toss Steve, age 70, into the crowd behind me.read more
View ArticleWhy I Chained Myself to a Deportation Bus
On Oct. 11, I spent the morning under the front wheel of a bus filled with shackled immigrants. I joined this action with other community members to stop the two Homeland Security buses (operated by...
View ArticleCongress, Please.
I live in community. What constitutes living in community means different things depending on whom you're talking to. To my 80-year-old grandmother it means that I have joined a cult. In reality, I...
View ArticleRemembering Our True Source of Joy
As we prepare for the coming of Christ, the third Sunday of advent is celebrated in joy. As followers of Christ, it is reasonable to be exuberant about the birth of our Savior. The amount of happiness...
View ArticleShowing Deference to the Rich: 'Affluenza' and 'The House I Live In'
I recently watched Eugene Jarecki’s remarkable documentary, The House I Live In, which is about the American ‘war on drugs’ and the burgeoning prison population it engendered and continues to...
View ArticleMandatory Minimums: How Long Does it Take to Learn Your Lesson?
Before selling illegal drugs, Dejarion Echols worked several years for a youth correctional agency and a psychiatric residential-treatment facility for teenagers. He decided to pursue a college...
View ArticleIn and Out of the Zoo
One time I took a group of people in the drug rehab program to the local zoo. Most of our group had been to prison – some for years. Most were felons. Most of the women had been prostitutes as well as...
View ArticleSecond Chances: A Deeply Biblical Value
It’s no secret that the prison population in the United States has exploded in recent decades. We incarcerate our citizens at higher rates than any other developed nation. The federal prison population...
View ArticleA Matter of Degrees
Two underserved populations are earning college degrees in prison these days. Only one of them is incarcerated. read more
View ArticleMass Incarceration: The Politics Behind the Bars
An infographic illustrating mass incarceration. read more
View Article
