Intuitively we all like to seek the things that are comfortable rather than uncomfortable. But I do think there is a way of saying that if I believe ….

The Bureau of Justice reports that one in three black male babies born this century will go to jail or prison - that is an absolutely astonishing sta….

We've all been acculturated into accepting the inevitability of wrongful convictions, unfair sentences, racial bias, and racial disparities and discr….

You ultimately judge the civility of a society not by how it treats the rich, the powerful, the protected and the highly esteemed, but by how it trea….

There were people in the South who were ardently opposed to slavery. And maybe, if we get into truth and reconciliation, those will be the people we ….

Living in Montgomery, I've been antagonized by the emergence of a narrative about our history that I believe is quite false and misleading, and actua….

We have a system of justice in [the US] that treats you much better if you're rich and guilty than if you're poor and innocent. Wealth, not culpabili….

The opposite of poverty is not wealth. I don't believe that. I actually think, in too many places, the opposite of poverty is justice..

There is a strength, a power even, in understanding brokenness, because embracing our brokenness creates a need and desire for mercy, and perhaps a c….

All of our survival is tied to the survival of everyone..

Each of us is more than the worst thing we've ever done..

The death penalty symbolizes whom we fear and don't fear, whom we care about and whose lives are not valid..

Are you the sum total of your worst acts?.

I talk about my grandmother a lot, because she's an amazing person - not in some dramatic, distinct, unique way, but anybody who is the daughter of e….

You can't demand truth and reconciliation. You have to demand truth - people have to hear it, and then they have to want to reconcile themselves to t….

I'm persuaded that if most people saw what I see on a regular basis, they would want change..

Embracing a certain quotient of racial bias and discrimination against the poor is an inexorable aspect of supporting capital punishment. This is an ….

Many states can no longer afford to support public education, public benefits, public services without doing something about the exorbitant costs tha….

If you love your community, then you need to be insisting on justice in all circumstances..

Whenever society begins to create policies and laws rooted in fear and anger, there will be abuse and injustice..

If we want to be proud of our country, if we want to be proud as Americans, if we want to be proud of our history, then we can't talk about the thing….