The Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School

On NPR It's Been a Minute @bmluse.bsky.social‬ revisits her convo with Dr. Louks and JC Member Jason Stanley about the backlash to Dr. Louks, higher education at large, and why "anti-intellectualism" is prevalent in Republican politics.

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YouTube video by LastWeekTonight Juvenile Justice: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Thank you @lastweektonight.com for this critical look at juvenile justice that closes with a study by BJ Casey and Arielle Baskin-Sommers: "...studies indicate that psychopathic traits decrease with age in the majority of youth whether justice involved or not..." //bit.ly/4493bM5

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Now Available: From Outrage to Action-The Massey Commission of Sangamon County,
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Opinion: It’s time to give CT’s young adults a second chance Imagine being judged for the rest of your life based on the worst, most impulsive decision you made as a teenager

This week CT lawmakers will decide if young people should be given a second chance. Read this piece by @elizabethkai.bsky.social and ask your CT state legislator to pass HB 7133.

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Video: Opinion | We Study Fascism, and We’re Leaving the U.S. The decision by these three Yale professors to move to Canada is both a warning and a call to action.

We are proud to call Jason Stanley a member of the The Justice Collaboratory and honored that he will continue to be a member from his new home in Toronto. nyti.ms/44Eq9fU

Join us for an update from the Massey Commission and the Sangamon County community about efforts to translate a community’s outrage over the killing of of Sonya Massey by a Sangamon County sheriff’s into meaningful action. Register: bit.ly/4iHQVYa

Applauding member Phillip Atiba Solomon: "Institutions of higher education have the resources needed for a fight. They have the legal teams, the alumni networks, and the institutional influence. But more important, they also have the responsibility." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Andrew V. Papcahristos: Why America can’t afford to silence its universities The essential bridge between science and policy faces unprecedented threats from the Trump administration.

Simply put. Research Matters.
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Trump is setting the US on a path to educational authoritarianism While we watch students getting handcuffed, vague new guidelines create a culture of fear over teaching our history

Member Jason Stanley on the path to educational authoritarianism: "The novel understanding of anti-white discrimination in these documents is a chilling manifestation of educational authoritarianism." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Reginald Dwayne Betts discusses his new collection of poems, 'Doggerel' NPR's Michel Martin speaks with author Reginald Dwayne Betts about his new collection of poems, "Doggerel," a meditation on family, friendship and falling in love.

JC member Dwayne Betts reminds us that poetry is meant to serve a purpose. Check out this interview with @michelmartinnpr.bsky.social on his new collection of poems Doggeral
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How Many Immigrants Will Die in U.S. Custody? More detentions will lead to more deaths, but the Trump Administration has options to conceal the losses.

More immigrants will die in US custody on Trump's watch, but the Trump administration could try to hide this information from the public. Here's how.

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When are major media outlets going to cover the extraordinary white supremacist links of Vance, Musk, and many of the DOGE staffers? There is absolutely no modern parallel for what’s happening: a presidential administration taking instruction from white nationalist extremists.

Opinion | I Teach at Harvard. Store Managers See Me as a Threat. Maybe I just wanted to be seen as something other than a threat, a nuisance, because I happen to be Black.

A powerful reflection from JC Member Reginald Dwayne Betts: "It all goes back to prison" www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/opinion/black-prison-forgiveness.html

The Sunday Read: ‘What Happened When America Emptied Its Youth Prisons’ Lessons from a radical 20-year experiment and a quiet triumph of public policy.

In case you missed this hopeful story! www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/p...

Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)

Jason Stanley on “Erasing History” & Authoritarian Attacks on Education As the Trump administration attempts to dismantle higher education in the United States by redefining discrimination in schools, fighting so-called woke ideology, attacking diversity, equity and inclu...

“It used to be that our presidents were supposed to speak out in favor of democratic values. Now university presidents are being told, 'Oh, you have to preserve your institutions.' Guess what: Universities are core democratic institutions. -JC Member Jason Stanley bit.ly/4ibMLrF

Trump Is Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud: Federal Prisons Are Purposely Inhumane And that’s how he wants to keep it, his executive orders and memos from Attorney General Pam Bondi show.

“Certainly, if I were leading the [Bureau of Prisons] or if I were working in the BOP, I wouldn’t want to suggest that there are any monstrous conditions in my facilities”
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YouTube video by Yale Justice Collaboratory Andrew Papachristos on Evaluating CVI

Do Community Violence Intervention (CVI) programs work? JC Member Andrew Papachristos explains why the randomized controlled trial (RCT) may not be the best way to evaluate social policies like CVI programs.

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We are witnessing the rise of a new Republican ‘Southern Strategy’ | Jason Stanley How to make sense of the Trump administration’s attacks on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

JC Member Jason Stanley: "We are now witnessing a radical broadening of the Republican Southern Strategy, drawing on the same underlying racist attitudes towards Black Americans." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...