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Guest Commentator

Kirsten Levingston

Kirsten D. Levingston directs the Criminal Justice Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law. Alan Jenkins is Executive Director of the Opportunity Agenda.

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Guest Commentary

Relishing Freedom in the Face of Injustice

By Kirsten Levingston Guest Commentator

Our family recently celebrated Independence Day in classic American style, by hauling our two kids and grandma to upstate New York to take in the grandeur of Niagara Falls and a spectacular fireworks display. Along the way, we got a dramatic reminder of why certain American values embodied in July 4th’s celebration of freedom are…

Our family recently celebrated Independence Day in classic American style, by hauling our two kids and grandma to upstate New York to take in the grandeur…

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