We commend Senators Ben Cardin and Rand Paul for their leadership in this area.
The war on drugs has created an incarceration nation with too many people in prison for too long.
You have been a champion on issues of vital importance to the civil and human rights community for years.
When protestors take to the streets to shout out 'Hands up. Don't shoot. I can't breathe. Black lives matter.' There is ...
Let us get together, all of us interested in those two bills, and make sure it is a priority in our new Congress.
The time is now to pass the Smarter Sentencing Act.
The relationship between law enforcement and the African-American community, as Senator Booker helped lay out in his pre...
Today's hearing is going to deal with a serious issue. I trust that members of the public here will take them seriously ...
One out of every 13 African Americans of voting age has lost the right to vote.
When unarmed African Americans, men and boys, are killed--names like Trayvon Martin, Jordan Davis, Michael Brown, Eric G...
When our Government still believes it is acceptable, in the name of security, to profile people based on race, national ...