Jesse Lava is a campaign director at Brave New Foundation. There he runs Beyond Bars, which produces videos and graphics to curb mass incarceration. Previously a political campaign staffer and communications strategist, his work has covered areas including climate change, campaign finance, and economic justice. Jesse was also founding director of Faithful Democrats. He has a master's in public policy from Harvard and a bachelor's in government from Wesleyan University.
Judge Accused of Racism Has History of Saying Awful Stuff
If you were to make a list of things that a sitting judge should not believe, I suspect one item would be that some racial groups are inherently inclined to be guilty. Yet federal judge Edith Jones of Texas seems to have revealed precisely that belief. Attendees of a recent ...
Would a White Girl Be Prosecuted for a Botched Science Experiment?
By now you've probably heard about Kiera Wilmot, the 16-year-old Florida girl who botched a science experiment with a plastic bottle and toilet cleaner. The bottle ended up exploding, and though no one was hurt and no property damaged, Kiera was expelled from high school and is now being prosecuted ...
Why is this university president afraid of the truth on private prisons?
The debate over Florida Atlantic University's decision to name a football stadium after a notorious private prison company has descended into deception. Today, student activists confronted FAU President Mary Jane Saunders at a public forum to denounce the fact that the school is taking $6 million from the GEO Group ...
Did GEO Group Scrub Its Wiki Page to Hide Its Past?
Word came out this week that Florida Atlantic University had sold the naming rights to its new football stadium to the GEO Group, which is the second largest private prison company in America. Beyond Bars has a petition to stop this move, which has generated an outpouring of criticism. Video here: It appears that ...
Laws So Awful They Literally Make Judges Cry (VIDEO)
Now that Colorado and Washington have legalized marijuana, the momentum for reforming our nation’s anachronistic pot laws is unmistakable. President Obama is finally talking about reform with a serious tone and instead of dismissing it with jokes like he did early in his first term. And a majority of Americans ...
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June 6th, 2013
Judge Accused of Racism Has History of Saying Awful Stuff
If you were to make a list of things that a sitting judge should not believe, I suspect one item would be that some racial ...
May 2nd, 2013
Would a White Girl Be Prosecuted for a Botched Science Experiment?
By now you've probably heard about Kiera Wilmot, the 16-year-old Florida girl who botched a science experiment with a plastic bottle and toilet cleaner. The ...
March 2nd, 2013
Why is this university president afraid of the truth on private prisons?
The debate over Florida Atlantic University's decision to name a football stadium after a notorious private prison company has descended into deception. Today, student activists ...
February 21st, 2013
Did GEO Group Scrub Its Wiki Page to Hide Its Past?
Word came out this week that Florida Atlantic University had sold the naming rights to its new football stadium to the GEO Group, which is the second ...
January 11th, 2013
Laws So Awful They Literally Make Judges Cry (VIDEO)
Now that Colorado and Washington have legalized marijuana, the momentum for reforming our nation’s anachronistic pot laws is unmistakable. President Obama is finally talking about ...
January 11th, 2013
Laws So Awful They Literally Make Judges Cry (VIDEO)
Now that Colorado and Washington have legalized marijuana, the momentum for reforming our nation’s anachronistic pot laws is unmistakable. President Obama is finally talking about ...
May 2nd, 2013
Would a White Girl Be Prosecuted for a Botched Science Experiment?
By now you've probably heard about Kiera Wilmot, the 16-year-old Florida girl who botched a science experiment with a plastic bottle and toilet cleaner. The ...
March 2nd, 2013
Why is this university president afraid of the truth on private prisons?
The debate over Florida Atlantic University's decision to name a football stadium after a notorious private prison company has descended into deception. Today, student activists ...
February 21st, 2013
Did GEO Group Scrub Its Wiki Page to Hide Its Past?
Word came out this week that Florida Atlantic University had sold the naming rights to its new football stadium to the GEO Group, which is the second ...
June 6th, 2013
Judge Accused of Racism Has History of Saying Awful Stuff
If you were to make a list of things that a sitting judge should not believe, I suspect one item would be that some racial ...
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