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Category: Criminal Legal System

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Posted inEnvironmental Racism

Indigenous youth are at the center of major climate lawsuits. Here’s why they’re suing.

by Anita Hofschneider, Grist August 14, 2024August 15, 2024

“If I don’t do it, who will?”

Illustration of woman behind bars, eyes closed and hands raised.
Posted inCriminal Legal System

The increasing indignities for incarcerated Muslim women

by Tasmiha Khan July 1, 2024July 1, 2024
Woman with medium-dark brown skin wearing a striped dress stands with her arms crossed, looking off to the right. A beige brick wall and doorway frame her.
Posted inCriminal Legal System

A mother’s calling: Inside the fight to make prison phone calls free

by Candice Norwood, The 19th and Bria Lloyd, Connecticut Public June 6, 2024June 6, 2024
Five figures in uniforms and tactical vests stand under am archway which says "America's Gate"
Posted inCriminal Legal System

Universities need to stop calling the cops on their own students

by Jasmine L. Harris May 14, 2024May 13, 2024
Posted inCriminal Legal System

Netflix’s “Unlocked” reveals the fallacy of open-door prisons

by Candacé King May 7, 2024May 7, 2024
Posted inHousing

How racism underpins the U.S.’ homelessness problem

by Kara Young Ponder November 9, 2023April 3, 2024
Posted inCriminal Legal System

I’m a prisoner fighting book censorship. Here’s why our access to books matters.

by Daniel Pirkel October 23, 2023August 19, 2024
Posted inCriminal Legal System

Ban the bans: A better way to rid racism in prison

by Tomas Keen October 23, 2023August 19, 2024
Posted inCriminal Legal System

In solitary confinement, banned books are a lifeline

by Kwaneta Harris October 23, 2023August 19, 2024
Lancaster Ave. and 41st St. Philadelphia, August 29, 2021.
Posted inHousing

The violence of evictions goes beyond displacement

by Rasheedah Phillips September 29, 2023February 26, 2024

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