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Women’s Health: It’s Not Up For Negotiation
You’ve probably noticed that women’s health has been in the news almost constantly over the past few months. The coverage has mainly focused on reproductive and contraceptive rights, which are both...
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Voter ID Law: Not Just a Texas Problem
Are you registered to vote? Do you have the identification necessary to do so? Hopefully you answered yes to both of those questions. But odds are pretty good that you don’t have everything you need....
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Did you know that low-income women in Texas might not have health coverage next year? Do you know why they’re at risk? Because of a decision by the state legislature to deny Medicaid funds to Planned...
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How the Olympics Can (and Should) Do More for Women’s Athletics
It’s almost time for the Olympics! And I, like my fellow blogger Kristen, CANNOT wait. I love the Olympics and everything that goes with it. The emotion. The national pride. The athletes. But with all...
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Exceptions to the Rule: America’s Death Penalty Law
Have you ever thought about the death penalty? Do you support using it? If so, what crimes should it apply to? Should any individual potentially face execution? Should there be exceptions? I know...
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“Latch on NYC” Doing More Harm than Good
Have you heard about the new health program starting this September in New York City? Don’t worry, I hadn’t either until I stumbled across a news article the other day. It’s a program aimed at...
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Prisons: United States vs. European Union
I’ve written a lot of articles over the past few months surrounding the US prison system. The problems I see. How they came about. Changes I think we should make. But I’ve never discussed prison...
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NYC’s Answer to Sex Trafficking: Use Cab Drivers?
As I’m sure you heard, human trafficking in the United States is unfortunately on the rise again. It’s become an ever-increasing problem and New York City has decided to take steps to stop it. But...
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Women’s Rights in the Media: What’s the Real Story?
As I started working on this post, I did my usual scroll through twitter and a few of my favorite sites searching for a topic about women to write about. And as I’m sure you’re aware, there’s A LOT...
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Solitary Confinement: Why Prisoners Need a Voice
Think about your daily routine. How many people do you think you interact with? 10, 20, 30 people? More? It’s probably not something you’ve ever considered. And why would you? Of course you’ll be...
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Who’s Really Benefitting?
As I’m sure you know, it’s breast cancer awareness month! There’s pink everywhere. Charity runs every weekend. And information about breast cancer in every facet of the media. Which is a huge change...
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What’s the REAL Status of the Prison System?
Have you noticed any news recently about America’s prison system? Maybe you haven’t, but I have. And what I’ve seen is incredibly contradictory. On one hand you have politicians touting the reforms...
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Surprising Effects of Marijuana Legalization
The election is finally over. And I must say I feel a little forlorn now that all the excitement has begun dying down. But luckily there were some pretty important things that happened to keep me...
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Discrimination Keeping Women in Prison Longer
One of the biggest stories of 2012 was the War on Women. Women weren’t getting treated as equals as they should have been, we were not getting the protections we deserved, and our issues were getting...
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Celebrating Our Successes: Women in the Military
I realized today that I tend to write solely about negative issues. Or at least only about things I think we need to fix. I don’t have a problem with that in general. However, for this particular post...
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Protecting the Mentally Ill in Prison
Imagine you’ve just been sentenced to prison. For a month, a year, 10 years, it doesn’t matter. What do you think would be going through your head? What the conditions will be like? Will you be safe...
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The Dark Side of Social Media
Let’s talk about social media. Do you have Facebook? Twitter? I’m going to guess almost definitely. But are you extremely plugged in? With Pinterest? Foursquare? Instagram? Maybe somewhat less likely...
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Proof One Person Really Can Make a Difference
It occurred to me the other day that we really ask a lot of the people who read our website. At the end of our posts we always ask you to do something to make a difference or to get involved in some...
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What Has Happened to Immigrant Rights?
I’ve written a lot about immigration as well as prison in my time with the SISGI Group. However, it never occurred to me to discuss the two issues together. Which was a huge oversight on my part....
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Stop the School to Prison Pipeline
Have you ever heard of the school to prison pipeline? It’s likely you haven’t. Because it’s not something that receives a lot of publicity outside of the areas it affects. But it should. Which is why...
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