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As I close in on my second year as a public defender in North Idaho, the idea that crime is something that is done to people keeps coming back to me. And more specifically the idea that criminalization is a process that is done to people. We are taught to
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An Illinois state court declared that the state’s SAFE-T act could not go forward to the extent it was set to abolish cash bail with the new year. The reform wasn’t even set to be that monumental after significant carve outs retained judge’s right to detain people
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Today organizers with the Amazon Labor Union and Starbucks Workers United met with Joe Biden. And Amazon Labor Union leader Chris Smalls testified to the Senate, sparring with the likes of Lindsey Graham and making the case that workers make it all (corporate America) happen. Later organizers had the opportunity
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The Democratic Party is up in arms about the leaked draft memo from the Supreme Court which states clearly that Roe v. Wade will be overturned. It’s a vicious attack on the fundamental rights of millions of people in this country so that makes sense, but it’s all
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A draft opinion from February in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization leaked detailing the conservative court’s opinion overturning Roe v. Wade. The Court was very explicit, “we hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled. It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of
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