The Maryland General Assembly passed the first of a series of race laws in 1664. The first iteration transformed enslavement to a lifelong identity rather than a state of indenture or a condition that could be changed. The Maryland General…
Arrested for ‘driving while Latino’
By Lisa Sharon Harper Certain moments in our nation’s history have consistently opened the door for the least civil voices to enact evil through civil policy — think of the institution of race-based slavery, the Indian removals, Jim Crow laws,…