Van Jones’ Dream Corps Justice recently held its annual Day of Empathy - a national criminal and social justice reform initiative. Celebrity advocate Tina Knowles-Lawson says her supports stems from "years of seeing the disparity."

The one issue that could bring Democrats and Republicans together - CNN Opinion: Van Jones & Louis L. Reed

Louis Reed spent 14 years in prison. Now, he’s working for criminal justice reform.

Most African Americans are familiar with the colloquial term, “Get your foot off my neck,” but the Minneapolis Police Department recently served up a more graphic and literal version. The officer kneeling on the neck of George Floyd for six minutes is a real-life manifestation of how people who don’t have access to resources and power — disproportionately those of color — are both proverbially and literally stepped on and forced into the submission of an inequitable and inhumane racial caste system. 

The nearly 2.3 million people incarcerated across America are especially vulnerable to the coronavirus outbreak, activists warn, and the virus has already made its way behind bars. The close proximity of inmates, coupled with inadequate treatment, can cause diseases to spread quickly inside prisons, where resources like soap, cleaning supplies and warm water can be hard to come by.