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1970s Yale was place of expanding diversity. That came to a head with the trial of Black Panthers Ericka Huggins and Bobby Seale.

It’s the start of a new month, the unofficial start of summer. That makes it the perfect time to talk about the newest voices on the USA TODAY Opinion team. Starting this month is Connie Schultz, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and New York Times best-selling author, whose latest book, Daughters of Erietown, is released in paperback today. She’s a frequent public speaker and guest on national television and most recently wrote a nationally syndicated column. Her new weekly column will be exclusive to USA TODAY and the USA TODAY Network. Schultz writes about current events and policy ...

I spoke to a man who has an online website where he hooks people up who have medical problems with doctors for cannabis. and i said, you know, there aren't a lot of people who look like me in the legal industry because of the history of what's happened with the overincarceration of black and brown people. so even though now there's a legal avenue for people, there are people who are afraid to enter it because there's a history in this country of certain people being overincarcerated and other people not. >> eileen rivers, usa today. eileen, thank you. thanks for your time. >> thank you so much...

Life. >> our friends at usa today are also looking at the criminal justice system this week. joining me now is eileen rivers, digital content editor for usa today's opinion section and the editor of the online site policing the usa. they contributed to the first stall meant of the life series feature inmates sentenced to life in federal prison for nonviolent drug offenses. first of all, thank you, eileen. if you for yo thank you for your time. i've enjoyed this series. these men are going remain in prison for nonviolent low level drug offenses for the rest of their lives despite the first step...