Racial Equity & Police Reform Archives

A visit to California’s largest prison: ‘Them versus us’

by Anando Bhakto | Nov 6, 2024 | Democracy, Personal Reflections, Racial Equity & Police Reform, WPI Activities

“Them versus us” is not the right social attitude toward people serving jail terms, even when the magnitude of their crimes abhors us. This was our...

All Square – sandwiches and second chances

by Sanna Raita-aho | Oct 7, 2024 | Police & Community Tensions, Politics, Racial Equity & Police Reform, WPI Activities

All Square is a restaurant adorned with purple lights and a dinner style bar. It offers a menu featuring a variety of grilled cheese sandwiches. The...

The murder of George Floyd – how does the local Minnesotan TV channel recall the events?

by Sanna Raita-aho | Sep 24, 2024 | Journalism, Police & Community Tensions, Racial Equity & Police Reform, US Media

Four years ago, the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis shocked the whole globe. It led to global protests, outrage, and discussions of racism in...

To fight racism, prudent leadership is needed – there are success stories

by Kourosh Ziabari | May 6, 2022 | Politics, Racial Equity & Police Reform

Even without the seemingly endless supply of news reports and academic documentation, the long reach of bigotry and racism in our turbulent times is...

India’s sobering drop in human freedom

by Meghdeep Bhattacharyya | Apr 29, 2022 | Policy, Politics, Racial Equity & Police Reform, WPI Activities

India has shown a near-constant decline between 2013 and 2019, in various parameters of personal, civil, and economic freedom measured in the Human...