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  The settlement of a federal civil rights lawsuit has California prisons agreeing to no longer base lockdowns on inmates’ race or ethnicity. 

CW: graphic descriptions of femicide For, while the tale of how we suffer is never new, it always must be heard. -James Baldwin  My grandmother once said to me, “the hardest thing anyone can be in this world, is a black woman.” Although I’ve carried these words with me throughout the years, it is now, […]

by Donnie Moreland  My father is a diabetic, with chronic pain and a fragile immune system due to rounds of dialysis, which cause more pain and thus tosses him into the throws of a cycle which is, observably, hell. He is also a business owner, which necessitates an urgency of decision making, that suffers when […]

The impacts of capitalism and society’s never ending romanticization of working hard, being productive and making money (lest we be labeled lazy) have done a disservice to our relationships. We usually don’t have time to check in because even when we are off of work, we’re too exhausted to be present enough to support vulnerable, […]

Fans of the FOX hit show Empire may recall a period of the drama that took place in prison. Well, those scenes were shot in Chicago’s Juvenile Temporary Detention Center. While the episodes were a major hit for the studio, it appears that everything may not have run as smoothly as it could’ve for those young […]