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Sonia Sotomayor’s Stroll to the Supremes
Mumia Abu-Jamal
It was a foregone conclusion. When federal appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor was nominated to fill the seat of retired U.S. Supreme Court associate justice, David Souter, the die was cast. While there are few… Full Transcript
Race, Racism and the Sotomayor Nomination (Version B)
Race, Racism and the Sotomayor Nomination (Version A)
Brown at 55 and Counting (Version B)
Brown at 55 and Counting (Version A)
Beating Back Batson (Version B)
Beating Back Baston (Version A)
When Ineffective Means Effective
Mumia Abu-Jamal
In a case known as Strickland v. Washington, the U.S. Supreme Court drastically narrowed the range of challenges to the effectiveness and competence of counsel at criminal trials. The Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution… Full Transcript
Black March To Death Row
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Every day in America, the trek continues, a Black march to death row. In Pennsylvania, where Afro-Americans constitute 9% of the population, well over 60% of its death row inhabitants are Black. Across the nation,… Full Transcript
The longest serving member of the U.S. Senate, would have been a title cherished by Robert Carlyle Byrd, who became, among other things, an historian. Byrd’s beginnings were from the white Southern poor, and he… Full Transcript