Racial Justice — Topics
Immigration, Citizenship, and Voting Rights in the Second Trump Administration
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, April 23, 2026
Is Operation Metro Surge Really Over?
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, March 31, 2026
The “Gay Disease”: Trump’s Material Attacks on “DEI” Impacts HIV Prevention Programs
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, March 30, 2026
What Happened to Liam? The Detention of Immigrant Youth
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, March 26, 2026
ICE Must Use Front Plates, Cannot Use Out-of-State Plates in Minnesota
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, February 26, 2026
Fighting Pre-Crime?: Law Enforcement, Artificial Intelligence, and Predictive Policing Technology
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, January 27, 2026
“Words Written on Water”—Targeted Immigration Enforcement Under the Trump Administration
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, January 22, 2026
The Cost of Fairness: Why LIHTC’s Expense Can Be a Progressive Strength
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, January 21, 2026
Minneapolis Organization Spotlight: New Justice Project MN
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, April 11, 2025
From DEI to DIY: Anti-DEI Laws Driving Student and Faculty-Led Inclusion Efforts
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, October 21, 2024
Redefining De Facto: Cruz-Guzman and the Future of Racial Segregation in Minnesota Public Schools
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, April 17, 2024
A Civil Gideon? The Case for Universal Representation in Immigration Courts
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, March 5, 2024
The Texas Crown Act Policy Woes: Facially Neutral Grooming and Appearance Policies of Texas School Districts
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, October 17, 2023
Right to Spiritual Advisors During Executions: Missouri’s Latest Refusal and the Supreme Court’s Evolving Jurisprudence
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, June 12, 2023
A New Future for Social Media Platforms, Courtesy of State Legislators.
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, May 13, 2023
Expungement: The Missing Federal Piece
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, May 10, 2023
Breonna Taylor is Not Forgotten: Department of Justice Finds Civil Rights Violations by the Louisville Metro Police Department and the Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, May 9, 2023
Will the Indian Child Welfare Act Survive? The Supreme Court Will Decide in Haaland v. Brackeen
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, March 30, 2023
Fundamental, Not Absolute: Implications of the Minnesota Supreme Court’s Ruling in Schroeder v. Simon
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, March 29, 2023
Face It: Police Can't Be Trusted with Facial Recognition Technology
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, March 7, 2023
Not-So Affordable Housing: Regulatory Blocks on Accessory Dwelling Units in the Twin Cities
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, March 2, 2023
Expungement of Marijuana Convictions: Lessons Learned from Minnesota Prohibition
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, February 7, 2023
Gentrification, Displacement, and Disparate Impact Liability: How Gentrification Theory is Not Cognizable Under the Fair Housing Act
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, May 2, 2022
What’s Wrong With My Hair?: Discrimination Against Black Hair in the Workplace
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, April 26, 2022
Signing Away Your Right to Parent: How Safety Plans Evade Due Process Requirements in Child Welfare Proceedings
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, April 20, 2022
Racism, Social Control, and the Regulation of Bar Admissions
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, April 14, 2022
“The Harvest of Solidarity”: Achievements of Black Activists Following the 1921 Duluth Lynchings
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, April 11, 2022
Protecting Civil Liberties: Easier Said Than Done
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, April 1, 2022
Above the Law: How Kim Potter’s Sentencing Serves as Another Example of Police Receiving Disproportionately Low Sentences
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, March 7, 2022
Black Name Discrimination: An Issue You Know With a History You Have Yet to Hear
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, February 19, 2022
It’s Time to End the Use of Race & Gender Statistics in Damage Award Calculations
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, January 27, 2022
Thomas Jefferson: Derailing the Native American Future
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, November 23, 2021
The Shadow of Buck v. Bell: How Ignoring the United States’ History of Forced Sterilization Has Fostered an Environment Ambivalent to Widespread Abuse
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, November 11, 2021
Mental Health & Criminal Justice: An Interview with Kelly Mitchell and Professor JaneAnne Murray
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, October 11, 2021
Joint Publication: Racial Inequality in the Legal System Locally and Nationally
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, August 5, 2021
Who’s Benefiting from Attorney General Settlement Agreements?
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, June 2, 2021
Environmental [in]Justice: Why Executive Order 12898 Falls Short in Creating Environmental Equity for Vulnerable Communities
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, May 18, 2021
JLI’s Statement Regarding Chauvin Verdict and the Ongoing Fight for Racial Justice
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, April 21, 2021
This Week in News: Responses to the Killing of Daunte Wright
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, April 15, 2021
JLI’s Statement on Brooklyn Center Police’s Killing of Daunte Wright
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, April 14, 2021
The History of Anti-Asian Discrimination, Racism, and Xenophobia - Interview with Prof. Linus Chan
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, April 5, 2021
How We Got Here: Race, Police Use of Force, and the Road to George Floyd
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, April 1, 2021
“How Are We Supposed to Move Forward with THIS Police Force After This?”: The Stalled Reform Movement in Minneapolis
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, March 26, 2021
The $2 Billion-Plus Price of Injustice: A Methodological Map for Police Reform in the George Floyd Era
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, March 22, 2021
Refunding the Community: What Defunding MPD Means and Why It Is Urgent and Realistic
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, March 18, 2021
Deadly Force: How George Floyd's Killing Exposes Racial Inequities in Minnesota's Felony-Murder Doctrine Among the Disenfranchised, the Powerful, and the Police
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, March 8, 2021
Covid-19 in Prisons: Human Rights Violations and Inmate Exploitation
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, January 29, 2021
Minimum Wage and the Tipping Culture Divide
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, January 18, 2021
An American Caste System: A Conversation with Professor Sheryll Cashin
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, December 30, 2020
2020 Summit for Civil Rights - Awards Ceremony
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, December 1, 2020
2020 Summit for Civil Rights - What Is To Be Done? How Can We Help?
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, December 1, 2020
Does the Minneapolis Police Department Traffic Stop Data Reveal Racial Bias?
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, November 24, 2020
2020 Summit for Civil Rights - Is America Ready for a 2nd Reconstruction? A 3rd "Founding"?
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, November 23, 2020
2020 Summit for Civil Rights - Who's Profiting?
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, November 23, 2020
2020 Summit for Civil Rights - The State of American Apartheid
Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, November 20, 2020