A new report released by the Prison Policy Initiative outlines a different kind of voter suppression than has typically made headlines this election season: the de facto disenfranchisement of people incarcerated in local jails. According to PPI, an overwhelming majority of the 746,000 people detained in U.S. jails
This story originally appeared at The Appeal. Immigrants’ rights activists have been protesting local officials that help ICE arrest and deport immigrants, pressuring them to end those ties, and candidates for these offices have felt the heat. Most significantly, their work has upended the usually quiet landscape of sheriff’s
While the two major parties fight over the suburban white mom vote, groups like Make the Road Action in Pennsylvania are investing in turning out Black and brown voters across the country. Building on the political power and engagement of working class communities of color, including immigrants, organizers with Make
The American Nurses Association (ANA), one of the largest professional nursing organizations in the world representing the interests of 4.2 million registered nurses, recently rescinded its presidential endorsement policy, choosing 2020 as the first time in decades the powerful trade organization will not endorse a presidential candidate. The timing
This story originally appeared at NOISE Omaha, and is republished with permission as part of a partnership between Prism and NOISE. The ACLU of Nebraska is bringing a federal Civil Rights lawsuit against the city of Omaha, the chief of police, and one police captain. They announced the suit Monday
No matter which candidate is elected in 25 days, the next president will be the oldest person ever sworn in as the president of the United States. That fact, coupled with the reality that the sitting president is currently battling a deadly virus, put a brighter spotlight on the candidates
As the president continues his treatment for COVID-19 with the benefit of the best treatment that taxpayer funding can buy, he has called for “his representatives” to focus solely on confirming his Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, shelving discussions of additional COVID-19 relief. Coupled with his administration’
Last week, Kentucky state Rep. Lisa Willner submitted a request to draft “Attica’s Law,” a bill that would eliminate a clause from Kentucky’s rioting statute that lets prosecutors charge anyone who was a part of a group of rioters even if they themselves did not engage in “riotous
What happened to women detained at Georgia’s Irwin County Detention Center (ICDC) is just as much a story about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as it is about Mahendra Amin, the doctor alleged to have performed unnecessary gynecological procedures on detained women without their full and informed consent. Congress
News of President Donald Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis has spread like wildfire since hitting the interwebs last night. After several months of bad judgement and poor handling of the pandemic, in addition to over 200,000 loved ones lost, it’s no wonder people are fixating on this news.
On full display during the first presidential debate, unchecked disinformation undermines the values of free and fair elections. Over 73 million viewers tuned in to Tuesday night’s debate. While it may be difficult to fact check some comments in real time, members of the news media in their commentary,
Around 1:30 AM on a late August night, I found myself wide awake in bed doomscrolling on Twitter when I heard the ring of shots, loud and clear enough for me to know that they were only a few blocks away. It had been a summer of chaos, cries,
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