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2020 will mark the 10-year anniversary of the publication of Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow, which explains how the criminal justice system unfairly burdens black people. At the same time, criminal justice reform advocates are calling upon Democratic presidential candidates to make ending mass incarceration a campaign centerpiece. Today isn’t the first time we’re talking about criminal justice reform at MCW, and it won’t be the last. Here’s how to take action this week.