James Forman Jr is a professor of law at Yale Law School and the author of Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Atlantic, and the New Republic.

12.03.2023

• James Forman Jr

A Former South African Anti-Apartheid Activist to Palestine Activists: Stay the Course

Pulitzer Prize–winning writer James Forman Jr was once a student activist for divestment from South Africa. Urging both discretion and bravery, he shares his lessons with student activists calling for divestment from Israel and a cease-fire in Gaza.

08.15.2017

• James Forman Jr

Black Judges, Black Politicians, Black Prisoners

Political elites built the carceral state — and not just white ones.