Rashawn Ray

Can mobile devices help translate the Black Lives Matter movement and social activism into real change for Black Americans?

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

The violence inside us

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

Giannis Antetokounmpo and Bucks teammates march at a protest Saturday in Milwaukee.2020-06-06 Bucks

What should athletes demand for police reform?

Friday, August 28, 2020

Jail cells are seen in the Enhanced Supervision Housing Unit at the Rikers Island Correctional facility in New York March 12, 2015. New York City is proposing to reduce violence among inmates at its troubled Rikers Island jail by limiting visitors, adding security cameras and separating rival gangs, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Thursday. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Did the 1994 crime bill cause mass incarceration?

Rashawn Ray and William A. Galston

Friday, August 28, 2020

Police and members of the Sheriff's department hold a perimeter, during a protest after a Black man identified as Jacob Blake was shot several times by police last night, outside the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S. August 24, 2020. REUTERS/Stephen Maturen

How can we enhance police accountability in the United States?

Tuesday, August 25, 2020

United States Postal Service (USPS) workers load mail into delivery trucks outside a post office in Royal Oak, Michigan, U.S. August 22, 2020. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook

Why Trump’s attack on USPS is an attack on the Constitution, democracy, and racial equality

Monday, August 24, 2020

Mourners of the late Rep. John Lewis, a pioneer of the civil rights movement and long-time member of the U.S. House of Representatives, hold a vigil in his memory in Atlanta, U.S. July 19, 2020. REUTERS/Lynsey Weatherspoon

Five things John Lewis taught us about getting in “good trouble”

Thursday, July 23, 2020

Philonise Floyd, brother of George Floyd, closes his eyes as he listens during the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Policing Practices and Law Enforcement Accountability at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, U.S., June 10, 2020. Brendan Smialowski/Pool via REUTERS

Why police department insurances are the key to progress on police reform

Friday, June 26, 2020

Webinar: Race, artificial intelligence, and systemic inequalities

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT

Tulsa City Councilor Vanessa Hall-Harper poses for a portrait in front of a monument to the 1921 Black Wall Street massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S., June 18, 2020. Picture taken June 18, 2020. REUTERS/Lawrence Bryant

Why Juneteenth  is a rallying cry for reparations

Friday, June 19, 2020