James Forman, Jr.

You can get rid of the teacher certification requirements, and you're still not going to have a rush of incredibly high-quality people going into teaching as long as teachers are valued in the way they currently are. The way we value people is by how much we pay them.

Prosecutors committed to reform need talented staff members who share that commitment, and our best legal talent should flock to their offices.

What if we strove for compassion, for mercy, for forgiveness? And what if we did this for everybody, including people who have harmed others?