The election of the first black US president offered hope to millions of African Americans across the country. But have four years of an Obama presidency seen positive change for black communities in the US' inner cities? Fault Lines' Sebastian Walker spends time with those on the front lines of the failed drug war to understand some fundamental dynamics of race, poverty, incarceration and economic truths in the US in an election year.
Neill Franklin does not offer business as usual; he offers integrity, honesty, and a promising path to safe, thriving, caring communities.” - Michelle Alexan
This year's conference attracted hundreds of the nation's leading scholars and clergy who convened to learn, organize, strategize and partner with Michelle Alexander, author of "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness" and SDPC as they launched the To Be Free at Last Movement.