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Jim Goldberg/Magnum Photos This week, Illinois became the first state to eliminate its cash bail system, and Virginia became the first Southern state to abolish the death penalty. These developments illustrate that many of the most impactful criminal justice reforms can and must be enacted by states, not by the federal government. On any given …
If Nigeria were a patient, the doctors would have long agreed that the country suffers from a chronic condition called “Unresolved Foundational Wahala Syndrome.” And like every Nigerian patient, the country keeps ignoring the prescription while swallowing political paracetamol.One of the earliest missed prescriptions was Decree No. 8 — the federal government’s so-called “implementation” of …
If you could be someone else for a day, who would you be, and why? I would be me because I am
Pele Walk through the streets of Salvador, Brazil, and you'll hear the drums of Candomblé echoing from centuries-old terreiros. You'll see women in white lace selling acarajé, a fried bean cake brought to South America by enslaved West African women. You'll notice that the vast majority of faces around you are Black. Now walk through …
After eight years of Donald J. Trump’s political demolition derby, one might assume the United States has had its fill of “disruptors.” But no—some Democrats, misty-eyed from too many Silicon Valley TED Talks, are whispering that maybe they need a disruptor too. Because, apparently, the problem with democracy wasn’t the mob at the Capitol—it was …
Centre for Nigeria Progress 