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Kanya D'Almeida

November 3, 2015

Obama Calls on Congress to ‘Ban the Box’ on Criminal Records

Criminal justice advocates scored a big win Monday with President Obama’s announcement of new measures aimed at easing reintegration of returning citizens—individuals released from state and federal prisons — who...

Todd Ashker, Sitawa Nantambu Jamaa, Luis Esquivel, George Franc, Richard Johnson, Paul Redd, Gabriel Reyes, George Ruiz, Danny Troxell

November 2, 2015

Statement of Plaintiffs on Settlement of Ashker v. Governor of California

This settlement represents a monumental victory for prisoners and an important step toward our goal of ending solitary confinement in California, and across the country. California’s agreement to abandon indeterminate...

Migrant Justice

November 2, 2015

Ben & Jerry's Commits to Work with Vermont Dairy Workers to Adopt Milk with Dignity Program in Supply Chain

"Congratulations to everyone! We are a strong team. We have seen that we have a lot of power! By organizing and defining what we want we achieved this big step...

Esther Yu-Hsi Lee

November 2, 2015

Why Immigrant Detainees In California Just Launched A Hunger Strike

At least 20 male immigrants, mainly from Central America, began a hunger strike at an adult immigration detention facility in California on Friday night, according to the advocacy group Community...

Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity Coalition

November 2, 2015

Agreement Reached in Ashker v. Brown Ends Indeterminate Long-term Solitary Confinement in California, Among Other Gains for Prisoners

California prisoners locked in isolation achieved a groundbreaking legal victory in their ongoing struggle against the use of solitary confinement. A settlement was reached in the federal class action suit...

T. Keung Hui

October 29, 2015

Wake County Activists Draw Link to South Carolina Student-flipping Incident

UPDATE: A revised version of the press release was sent Thursday night titled “How Many WCPSS Students Have Been Victims of Abuse By SROs?” Local youth activists are trying to...

Laura Gottesdiener

October 19, 2015

When Energy Bills Skyrocketed, These Neighbors Banded Together to Keep the Lights On—And Won

On her street of clapboard houses in Poughkeepsie, New York, Donna West was the lady with no lights. “That’s how people on the block know me,” said West. “But I’m...

Albuquerque Journal Editorial Board

October 16, 2015

Editorial: Santa Fe’s Tale of Two Cities

The Chainbreaker Collective, the Santa Fe organization that has morphed from bicycle advocacy into a social justice group, and other members of Human Impact Partners have performed an important community...

Gila Lyons

October 13, 2015

Mom Fights to Reform Our Prisons’ “Cruel” Treatment of Pregnant Women

“ Every person should be able to give birth with love in the room,” says Marisa Pizii, 38, co-director of programs at Massachusetts-based The Prison Birth Project (PBP) , and...

Cory Walsh

October 13, 2015

Missoula Protesters: Abolish Columbus Day in Favor of Indigenous Peoples Day

To Kathleen Little Leaf, Columbus Day "as a whole encompasses racism." "The historical perspective of Columbus Day is horrible," said Little Leaf, an organizer with Indian People's Action. The grassroots...

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