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Richard Ashby Wilson Named Faculty Dean at UConn Law
Human rights scholar Richard Ashby Wilson has been named associate dean for faculty development and intellectual life at the UConn School of Law. “Professor Wilson is an excellent interdisciplinary scholar and teacher and an outstanding institutional service member,” Dean Eboni S. Nelson said, announcing the appointment. “I look forward to working with him as we […]
Richard Ashby Wilson, the Gladstein Distinguished Chair of Human Rights and a professor of law and anthropology at UConn School of Law, talking with students at the law school’s campus in Hartford in April 2019. Wilson has been appointed named associate dean for faculty development and intellectual life at the law school. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)
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As we turn to a new year, the spotlight shines on the new president and the new administration. Even as he assumes center stage in Washington, profound questions remain about Joe Biden’s plans.
His initial appointments have been solid, diverse, experienced and capable, drawn overwhelmingly from the established center of the party.
He has recognized that the nation faces crises of a scope similar to the Great Depression, calling for bold action. He has repeated his commitment to work across the aisle and seek bipartisan support, despite Republican legislators refusing even to recognize his victory. While recognizing the need for executive action, he has lectured civil rights leaders on the limits of his powers. As he prepares for what is likely to be a virtual inaugural, it is time for the president-elect to put his cards on the table.
By Hans Bader | December 28, 2020 | 9:35am EST
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A judge in Virginia s Fairfax County has ruled that portraits of white judges must be removed from a courtroom to protect a black criminal defendant s right to a fair trial. The idea that white people are so scary or racially offensive that just seeing them deprives minorities of a fair trial would have been viewed as laughably racist even a few years ago.
But in today s bizarre political climate, this idea is viewed as progressive. So the judge s ruling was applauded by the liberal media.
Judge David Bernhard ruled that the white portraits had to be banished in
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A new report from a pair of criminal justice advocacy group says the state of Oklahoma has disproportionately imprisoned Black residents during the COVID-19 pandemic. During COVID, the proportion of prison admissions for Black Oklahomans was nearly 1.5 times higher than usual, reads the report, jointly released this month by FWD.us and the Terence Crutcher Foundation. In 2019, Black people accounted for 21% of all prison admissions in Oklahoma. However, Black people made up 30% of prison admissions in June 2020, a 43.5% increase from the prior period.
Dr. Tiffany Crutcher, founder of the Terence Crutcher Foundation, named for her twin brother who was shot and killed by Tulsa Police Department officer Betty Shelby in 2016, testified before a U.S. Commission on Civil Rights hearing conducted virtually on Dec. 15.