White Papers
The Case for an AI Bill of Rights and Collective Action on AI: How AI Technologies Impact Minoritized Communities and are Becoming the Next Great Enforcement Tool of White Supremacy
You cannot use the world’s most popular search platform without generative AI being automatically used...
Stay W.O.K.E.: A Legislative Rewrite to the STOP W.O.K.E. Act
On July 1, 2022, HB 7, the Stop W.O.K.E. Act became law in the state...
Passport Privilege & the Barriers It Creates
Passport privilege is a series of benefits or restrictions placed on a person’s ability to...
Kentucky Constitution Amendment 1, November 2024: Restrictive Citizenship Voting Requirements
Kentucky’s Amendment 1 proposed excluding those from voting who are not citizens. Although federal law...
Jim Crow Takes Costco: The Food Apartheid examined through the lenses of oppressive systems
Oppressive systems, reinforced by legislation, have created a Food Apartheid, previously known as a food...
I Need a Playground Not a Prison: Juvenile Justice in Illinois
This paper provides recommendations for programming and policies in the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice...
Earned and Denied: A Framework for Statutory Reforms to the Illinois Parole System
In 1978, the Illinois legislature established the Prisoner Review Board to replace the former Parole...
Deconstructing Equality: An Analysis of Trump’s Executive Orders
People of the United States have the right to be racially inclusive, gender inclusive, and...
Continuity of Control: How Dobbs and Skrmetti Extend a Long History of State Power Over Marginalized Bodies
This white paper argues that the rationales used to justify abortion bans and restrictions on...
Burying the Black Body and Mind: How Mass Incarceration Kills the Black Community
This white paper highlights the issues with current prison policies and practices in the United...