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  April 14, 2018 New York Daily News

  Readers Sound Off on Police Discrimination, NYCHA and Night Owls

  Khalil A. Cumberbatch, our Associate Vice President of Policy, responds to NY Daily News' April 12 editorial, “What mass incarceration?” He argues that the article ignores the stark racial disparities that continue to exist in police actions.

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  April 09, 2018 New York Nonprofit Media

  The Formerly Incarcerated Harmonize Through Music at The Fortune Society

  The Fortune Society’s monthly jam sessions leverage music to further the re-entry process of formerly incarcerated people.

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  April 05, 2018 Job Applicants Enter Settlement with Target Corporation over Discriminatory Criminal Background Screening Policy

  Job Applicants Enter Settlement with Target Corporation over Discriminatory Criminal Background Screening Policy

  The NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. (LDF) and the law firm of Outten & Golden LLP have reached a settlement with Target Corporation to resolve allegations that its overly broad and outdated criminal background check policy discriminated against African-American and Latino applicants.

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  April 05, 2018 The New York Times

  Target Agrees to Review Screening of Job Applicants Amid Claims of Bias

  Target agreed on Thursday to revise guidelines for how it screens people seeking jobs at its stores, a step meant to quell complaints that the retailer discriminates against black and Hispanic applicants with criminal records that can include offenses too minor or old to affect their performance as employees.

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  April 04, 2018 New York City Patch

  The Fortune Society Kicks Off Rooftop Gardening Season in West Harlem

  On Tuesday, April 3, The Fortune Society kicked off its 2018 Rooftop Horticulture Program at Castle Gardens – Fortune's supportive permanent housing on West 140th Street in West Harlem.

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