Clint Smith

Until lawmakers can disentangle property taxes from public education, inequalities - perpetuated by the Supreme Court and Congress - will persist. ”

Do those serving life sentences deserve access to educational opportunities never having a future beyond bars? The answer is yes and necessitates that in-prison education serves additional goals beyond reducing recidivism. ”

The history of racial violence in our country is both omnipresent and unspoken. It is a smog that surrounds us that few will admit is there. ”

Older prisoners are more expensive for prisons to house because they tend to require more health care over time. ”

After high school, I earned a scholarship to play Division I soccer at a small school in North Carolina, but I didn't get much playing time, which forced me to determine who I was beyond the field, something I had previously never had to do. ”

I think about the history of racism in this country all the time. ”

I want to live in a world where my son will not be presumed guilty the moment he is born, where a toy in his hand isn't mistaken for anything other than a toy. ”

We spend so much time listening to the things people are saying that we rarely pay attention to the things they don't. ”

The U.S. prison system, over all, disproportionately affects black and brown people, but people of color are overrepresented to a greater degree in private prisons. ”

Those who support the death penalty are accepting a practice that is both ineffective and fundamentally flawed. ”