#  Law and Policy 

 



Please note that this section is still being developed. If you have suggestions for resources, please send them to us at <cpic@fas.harvard.edu>.

**Further Reading**

- “[The Affirmative Action Non-Ruling, Explained](http://colorlines.com/archives/2013/06/the_courts_affirmative_action_non-ruling_explained.html)” by Victor Goode
- “[America Needs to Open Up the Debate on Decriminalization](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-branson/post_3125_b_1364298.html)” by Richard Branson
- "[The Birth of New Civil Rights Movement](http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/12/ferguson-new-civil-rights-movement-113906)" by Gene Demby
- [Campaign Zero](http://www.joincampaignzero.org/#vision), from the Campaign Zero Planning Team and #BlackLivesMatter Activists
- “[In Civil Rights Victory, Virginia Restores Voting Rights for Hundreds of Thousands of Nonviolent Felons](http://www.democracynow.org/2013/5/31/in_civil_rights_victory_virginia_restores)” featuring Ben Jealous
- “[Department of Justice Statistics Show Clear Pattern of Racial Profiling](http://www.aclu.org/racial-justice/department-justice-statistics-show-clear-pattern-racial-profiling)” by the ACLU
- “[The Dream is Now](http://www.thedreamisnow.org/)” by the Emerson Collective
- “[Fact Sheet on U.S. ‘Constitution-Free Zone’](https://www.aclu.org/technology-and-liberty/fact-sheet-us-constitution-free-zone)” from the ACLU
- [Immigration Equality Asylum Manual](http://www.immigrationequality.org/get-legal-help/our-legal-resources/immigration-equality-asylum-manual/) from Immigration Equality
- "[In historic decision, Court strikes down state bans on same-sex marriage: In Plain English](http://www.scotusblog.com/2015/06/in-historic-decision-court-strikes-down-state-bans-on-same-sex-marriage-in-plain-english/)" by Amy Howe
- “[A Judge Just Ruled the NYPD Can Legally Monitor Muslims and Infiltrate Mosques](http://mic.com/articles/83025/a-judge-just-ruled-the-nypd-can-legally-monitor-muslims-and-infiltrate-mosques)” by Jess Remington
- “[Know Your Rights](https://www.nlg.org/resource/know-your-rights)” by the National Lawyers Guild
- “[Local Non-Profit Lands Major Grants for Re-Entry](http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/blog/2013/08/09/local-non-profit-lands-major-grants-for-prisoner-re-entry/)” by Jean Trounstine
- “[Masked Racism: Reflections on the Prison Industrial Complex](http://colorlines.com/archives/1998/09/masked_racism_reflections_on_the_prison_industrial_complex.html)” by Angela Davis
- "[National Lawyers Guild Review: Race and Criminal Injustice Theme Issue](https://www.nlg.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/NLGRev-71-4-final.pdf)" from the National Lawyers Guild
- “[National Lawyers Guild Submits Testimony to Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Solitary Confinement](https://www.nlg.org/nlg-submits-testimony-to-senate-judiciary-subcommittee-on-solitary-confinement/)“ by Tasha Moro
- [Prison Labor: Exposed](http://prisonreformmovement.wordpress.com/2013/03/04/prison-labor-exposed/) from the Prison Reform Movement
- "[Report: Immigration Status and Race Affect Domestic Workers’ Pay](http://colorlines.com/archives/2012/11/report_immigration_status_and_race_affect_domestic_workers_pay.html)" by Julianne Hing
- “[The Shame of Our Prisons: New Evidence](http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2013/oct/24/shame-our-prisons-new-evidence/?pagination=false)” by David Kaiser and Lovisa Stannow
- “[Treating the Cause, Not the Illness](http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/28/treating-the-cause-not-the-illness/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0)” by David Bornstein