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This year, laws with roots to the Civil War prevented 6.1 million from voting
Vintage Civil War print of General Lee surrendering his Confederate forces to General Grant. It reads: “The room in the McLean House, at Appomattox C.H., in which Gen. Lee surrendered to Gen. Grant....
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From media cutoffs to lockdown, tracing the fallout from the U.S. prison strike
Prisoners appear at the Walls Unit in Huntsville, Texas, where prisoners are processed for release at the completion of their sentences. Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty ImagesPrisons in...
View ArticleAva DuVernay Confronts Mass Incarceration in "13th"
Filmmaker Ava DuVernay joins us to discuss her documentary “13th” which explores the history of racial inequality and mass incarceration in the United States. The film explores why the nation's prisons...
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Resistance builds against social media ban in Texas prisons
Illustration by Kevin “Rashid” JohnsonWhen Texas correctional officials earlier this month saw an article by Kevin “Rashid” Johnson online that said they had gassed him and ransacked his cell in...
View ArticlePrisoners Demand Reforms, Better Conditions in Nationwide Strike
Prisoners in at least 17 states across the country are going on a nearly three week strike starting Tuesday, calling for criminal justice reforms and improved conditions for prisoners across the...
View ArticleClosing The Loophole In The Amendment That Banned Slavery
The 13th Amendment removed slavery from our laws. Except as punishment for a crime. Do mass incarceration, prison labor and the profits it generates add up to modern day slavery?On Today's Show:Oregon...
View ArticleAlbany News; Equity & Vaccinations; 13th Amendment; Gen Z on Gender & Sexuality
On today's show:Karen DeWitt, Capitol bureau correspondent for New York State Public Radio, talks about the legislature's response to the accusations against Gov. Cuomo and how the controversy might...
View ArticleLabor Day Special: Retail Exodus; Prison Labor; Four-Day Week; Pandemic...
On this Labor Day, enjoy these recent work-related conversations, plus Miles Davis' Bitches Brew at 50:Anna North, senior correspondent at Vox and author of the bestselling book Outlawed (Bloomsbury...
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