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NYU School of Law and its faculty, students, alumni, centers and programs are frequently featured in the media. The following lists recent news stories, interviews and op-eds.

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"'Truth is the antidote to the abuse of power,' says Bryan Stevenson"
04/07/2025
National Catholic Reporter
Featured: Bryan Stevenson
Bryan Stevenson speaks on racial bias in capital punishment, advocates for judicial reform
10/16/2024
The Observer
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
"Confederate and Colonialist Monuments Are Finally Being Toppled, But Few Can Agree on What Goes in Their Place"
10/02/2024
Art in America
Featured: Bryan Stevenson
Christian Science Monitor
"This wall has 122,000 names on it. It’s a testament to people who survived."
08/16/2024
Christian Science Monitor
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
CNN
"‘We’re still not free yet’: Civil rights advocate Bryan Stevenson reflects on Juneteenth"
06/19/2024
CNN
Featured: Bryan Stevenson
AP
"Jazz, justice and Juneteenth: Wynton Marsalis and Bryan Stevenson join forces to honor Black protest"
06/18/2024
Associated Press
Featured: Bryan Stevenson
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"Can Art Save the World? Or Is That Too Much to Ask?"
06/11/2024
New York Times
Featured: Bryan Stevenson
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"He Never Touched the Murder Weapon. Alabama Sentenced Him to Die."
12/05/2021
New York Times
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
The Hill
"Closing America's 'hypocrisy gap' is a matter of human rights"
10/18/2021
The Hill
Featured: Bryan Stevenson
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"Bryan Stevenson on tracing the legacy of American enslavement to modern-day mass incarceration"
10/13/2021
Vox Conversations (podcast)
Featured: Bryan Stevenson
Market Watch
"One of the most egregious injustices — the death penalty — can be abolished if investors take a stand"
10/07/2021
MarketWatch
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
"Director of Equal Justice Initiative calls for proximity"
10/06/2021
Indianapolis Recorder
Featured: Bryan Stevenson
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"‘Truth-telling has to happen’: the museum of America’s racist history"
09/19/2021
The Guardian
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
CBS News
"Race and America as told through the years on 60 Minutes"
06/20/2021
CBS News
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
Washington Post
"What death row looks like when you’re on it"
06/11/2021
Washington Post
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
MSNBC
"The Atlanta spa shooter shouldn't face the death penalty for a hate crime"
05/13/2021
MSNBC
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
Washington Post
"Abolishing the death penalty must be part of reimagining safety"
04/09/2021
Washington Post
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
New York Times
"Georgia to Weaken Citizen’s Arrest Law Cited in Ahmaud Arbery’s Death"
03/31/2021
New York Times
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
Washington Post
"The author of ‘Just Mercy’ says we’ve made talking about race political — and that has to change"
03/16/2021
Washington Post
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
NBC News
"Bryan Stevenson on Black achievement and progress"
02/09/2021
NBC News
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
"Bryan Stevenson Believes Art Can Help Us Confront the Traumas of Racism"
02/01/2021
Artsy
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
Washington Post
"Loopholes have preserved slavery for more than 150 years after abolition"
01/27/2021
Washington Post
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
CNN
"Bryan Stevenson reacts to federal execution spree"
01/19/2021
CNN (video)
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
PBS
"Bryan Stevenson Discusses the Pause on Federal Executions"
01/19/2021
PBS Southern California (video)
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
PBS
"Symbols of hate, and their racial implications, at the Capitol Hill riot"
01/16/2021
PBS NewsHour (video)
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
Vox
"The decline and fall of the American death penalty"
12/30/2020
Vox
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
New York Magazine
"Will Biden Use His Powers to Crush the Death Penalty?"
12/22/2020
New York Magazine
New York Magazine
Guardian
"Remembering John Lewis"
12/17/2020
The Guardian
Author: Bryan Stevenson
Washington Post
"With executions in final days of presidency, Trump is solidifying his criminal justice legacy"
12/14/2020
Washington Post
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
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"Changing the criminal justice system on behalf of children"
12/09/2020
PBS NewsHour (video)
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
Democracy Now
"Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson Wins “Alternative Nobel” for Work Against Mass Incarceration"
12/07/2020
Democracy Now
Featured: Bryan Stevenson
MSNBC
"‘Catastrophic:’ Bryan Stevenson On Lame Duck Trump Ramping Up Federal Executions"
12/01/2020
MSNBC (video)
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
Washington Post
"Race in America: Fighting for Justice with Bryan Stevenson"
10/08/2020
Washington Post (audio)
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
Vox
"The German model for America"
10/05/2020
Vox
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
Vox
"Bryan Stevenson on how America can heal"
07/20/2020
Vox
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
New York Times
"NASCAR Drivers Support Bubba Wallace After Noose Is Found in Talladega Garage"
06/22/2020
New York Times
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
New York Times
"More Than 2,000 Black People Were Killed by White Mobs During Reconstruction, New Study Shows"
06/16/2020
New York Times
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
The New Yorker
"Bryan Stevenson on the Frustration Behind the George Floyd Protests"
06/01/2020
New Yorker
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
MSNBC
"Minority communities suffering more from coronavirus pandemic"
05/07/2020
MSNBC (video)
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
New York Times
"Celeste Ng, Ann Patchett, Min Jin Lee and Others on the Books That Bring Them Comfort"
03/18/2020
New York Times
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
New York Times
"Following the Civil Rights Trail"
03/11/2020
New York Times
Featured: Bryan Stevenson
New York Times
"Congress Is Expected to Pass Anti-Lynching Bill After 120 Years of Failure"
02/26/2020
New York Times
Expert: Bryan Stevenson
Time
"Bryan Stevenson: We’re Taking the Wrong Approach to Criminal Justice Reform"
02/20/2020
Time
Featured: Bryan Stevenson
Washington Post
"Delaware native Bryan Stevenson fights for social justice"
02/15/2020
Washington Post
Featured: Bryan Stevenson
NPR
"Fresh Air Weekend: 'Just Mercy' Attorney Bryan Stevenson; Musician Amy Rigby"
02/01/2020
NPR: Fresh Air (audio)
Featured: Bryan Stevenson
New York Times
"Before Michael B. Jordan Played Him in ‘Just Mercy,’ Bryan Stevenson Was a Kid Who Loved to Read"
01/23/2020
New York Times
Featured: Bryan Stevenson
NPR
"'Just Mercy' Attorney Asks U.S. To Reckon With Its Racist Past And Present"
01/20/2020
NPR: Fresh Air
Featured: Bryan Stevenson
Guardian
"Just Mercy: new film that captures the start of a brilliant civil rights career"
01/18/2020
The Guardian
Featured: Bryan Stevenson
The Boston Globe
"With ‘Just Mercy,’ Michael B. Jordan, Bryan Stevenson merge filmmaking and activism"
01/03/2020
Boston Globe
Featured: Bryan Stevenson
CNN
"Here are 10 of the decade's most influential books"
12/30/2019
CNN
Featured: Bryan Stevenson