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Fatema Ahmad, executive director of the Muslim Justice League. Photo courtesy of Ahmad.

Changemaker: Fatema Ahmad, executive director of the Muslim Justice League

Lex Weaver, Reporter
March 23, 2020
Boston City Council meeting March 11, 2020, at City Hall.

Boston City Council meeting March 11, 2020

Jordan Erb, Staff Reporter
March 12, 2020
Horace Small has dedicated his life to social justice and leading minority communities. Photo by Eileen OGrady.

Changemaker: Horace Small, Union of Minority Neighborhoods executive director

Matt Levin
November 27, 2019
(Left to right) Michael Curry, Keeonna Harris, Khalil Muhammad and panel moderator, Tina Martin, discuss closing the gap between communities and policy makers. Photo by Bryan Tan.

Criminal justice reform needs honest conversations about race, says panel

Bryan Tan
November 26, 2019
Co-founder of Student Voice and juvenile justice advocate, Lee Nave. Photo by Alexa Gagosz.

Changemaker: Lee Nave, juvenile justice advocate

Miska Salemann
November 25, 2019
Alice Stone at work at the Boston Center for the Arts Building, the Cyclorama in the South End. Photo by Alexa Gagosz.

Changemaker: Alice Stone, documentary filmmaker

Paige Stern
November 15, 2019
Nusrat Choudhury, deputy director of the national ACLU’s Racial Justice Program spoke last week at Boston University School of Public health. Photo courtesy of Boston University.

Debtors’ prisons are back and rooted in racism, ACLU lawyer says

Catherine McGloin
September 25, 2019
this stock image shows a gavel resting on a judges bench in a courtroom

Local Organizations Work to Seal Residents’ Criminal Records

Paxtyn Merten
May 31, 2017
The Massachusetts state capitol building on beacon hill, taken from a distance in boston common

Proposed Criminal Justice Reforms Would Target Mandatory Minimums, Bail, Juvenile Records

Audrey Cooney
May 29, 2017
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