In 2008, as part of the government's battle against drug cartels, Mexico began a sweeping overhaul of its criminal justice structure.
I wish people would think more about the reality of this and not some hypothetical justice structure.
That accusation is dangerous for a country reeling from proven racially biased policing while living under a racially biased criminal justice structure.
Having a black Annie on screen is important, but what all the real Annies out there and their parents deserve is a film that explores what a 21st century New Deal could look like, with racial justice structured in.
Tragically, this is proving to be the formula for the dismantling of America, the decimation of the middle class, the eradication of the social justice structure, and ultimately, a weakening of democracy.
U.S. justice is structured in such a way that it can persecute extremist actions (breaking violently into an embassy) but never extremist thoughts or points of view (burning the American flag or making a video that portrays George Washington as a pedophile).
However, gender equity as regards fairness and justice in structuring professional opportunities, i.e. further career steps and prestigious positions, is far from being realized [ 8, 9]: female physicians are still underrepresented in a number of prestigious disciplines and in the higher echelons of academic and hospital medicine [ 5].
They also have hierarchies and power structures, justice systems and benevolent dictators.
When the Reformers turned to poor relief and social welfare, their new theological perspectives led them to raise questions of social justice and social structures.
Catholic Charities provides service to people in need, pushes for justice in social structures, and calls upon the entire church and other people of good will to do the same.
