Topic
Justice
On This Topic
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The forgotten history of America’s first public women’s prison
The editors of a new book talk about the history of the Indiana facility — written by people who were held there almost 150 years later.
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A comprehensive report on incarceration and women outlines the gender disparities
The Prison Policy Initiative looks at a fast-growing group in the incarceration system and the challenges they are more likely to face.
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Fueled by family experiences with incarceration, Black Girls Rising seeks to close youth prisons in Louisiana
After seeing firsthand how the juvenile justice system affected their relatives, advocates are pushing for alternatives to youth incarceration and working to raise awareness.
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Has the Biden administration made gender-affirming surgery accessible for federal prisons? Officials won't say.
Donna Langan has become the first transgender person to undergo gender-affirming surgery in a federal prison, but the White House won’t comment on its policies.
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Friends and mentees remember Judy Heumann, mother of the disability rights movement
Heumann, who died Saturday at the age of 75, paved the way for policy victories for people with disabilities and mentored generations of disabled people.
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Oklahoma lesbian will appeal after her parental rights were transferred to son’s sperm donor
After a judge’s ruling rocked LGBTQ+ rights advocates and donor communities, The National Center for Lesbian Rights will take on Kris Williams’ case in state court.
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58 years after marching on Bloody Sunday, JoAnne Bland teaches her own Black history in Selma
Bland has dedicated her life to educating people about her hometown of Selma, Alabama, to ensure they remember the lessons in the fight for voting rights.
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Consent, power and adulthood: ‘My Last Innocent Year’ explores becoming a woman in the Monica Lewinsky era
Daisy Alpert Florin spoke with The 19th about why her debut novel’s reflections on consent in 1998 feel especially relevant in today’s world — five years after #MeToo.
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Barbara Johns made civil rights history at 16. Her sister reflects on the US Capitol statue planned in her honor.
Joan Johns Cobbs joined her sister to protest their segregated school’s deplorable conditions in 1951. She wants the statue of her sister planned for Statuary Hall to show her “determination and forcefulness.”